Work Habits and Wellbeing
How do different generations view modern working arrangements? Social scientists investigated this by distributing an online self-report questionnaire to professionals in a large metropolitan area. The data below show the ratings of the importance of remote working options when choosing a new job (1 = 'not important at all' to 10 = 'extremely important') from the first 20 respondents aged under 30 and the first 20 respondents aged 50 and over.
Table 1: Ratings of the importance of remote working options by age group
| Under 30 | 50 and over |
|---|---|
| 8 | 2 |
| 9 | 8 |
| 7 | 5 |
| 10 | 9 |
| 8 | 1 |
| 9 | 10 |
| 8 | 3 |
| 7 | 7 |
| 9 | 4 |
| 8 | 8 |
| 10 | 2 |
| 9 | 9 |
| 8 | 5 |
| 7 | 6 |
| 9 | 3 |
| 8 | 8 |
| 10 | 1 |
| 8 | 10 |
| 9 | 4 |
| 7 | 6 |
Outline one conclusion from the calculation of the range for the rating of the importance of remote working options given by workers under 30 and workers aged 50 and over.
513 exam-style questions on OCR A Level Psychology Data recording, analysis and presentation. Each one has a worked solution and a mark scheme showing where the marks go.