A local council is conducting a study to assess the weekly engagement (measured in hours spent using facilities) of residents at a newly built community hub. The researchers compared two groups of residents:
The council plans to use these two groups to generalise engagement habits for the entire local population and determine funding allocation.
Explain one reason why there might be a problem of bias and generalisation in this study. How could the researchers modify their study to deal with this problem?
689 exam-style questions on AQA A Level Psychology Scientific processes. Each one has a worked solution and a mark scheme showing where the marks go.