Dylan and Maya have carried out research into conformity as part of their A-level Psychology course. They investigated whether male or female students are more likely to conform to a majority peer opinion. They approached the first 40 male and 40 female students sitting in the college cafeteria during morning break and asked them to complete a hypothetical scenario questionnaire. Each student who took part was given a scenario about whether or not they would agree with an obviously incorrect group consensus on a simple general knowledge task.
Table 1 shows the number of male and female students who reported they would or would not conform to the group consensus.
| Male students | Female students | |
|---|---|---|
| Number of students who would conform | 15 | 27 |
| Number of students who would not conform | 25 | 13 |
Table 1
Explain one improvement that could be made to the procedure of Dylan and Maya's research.
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