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Question 127

Study Distractions

Studying or working from home has become highly common, yet individuals experience varied sources of distraction. A psychologist investigated this by using a questionnaire to determine the single main distraction that individuals find most disruptive when trying to focus. Below is a table representing the data gathered from 250 participants.

Table displaying the number of responses in each category when participants were asked to identify their primary source of distraction

Social media alertsFamily / RoommatesHousehold choresStreet noiseTV background
Gen Z participants5422141020
Millennial participants2834421115

Explain why the Chi-Square test would be the appropriate non-parametric inferential statistical test to use to analyse the data from this study.

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Data recording, analysis and presentation Questions

  1. A Level
  2. /Psychology
  3. /Data recording, analysis and presentation

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.

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