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Gaming and Heart Rate

Some researchers believe that frequent video gaming may have physiological effects. A psychologist wants to investigate whether there is a relationship between the number of hours spent playing action video games per week and an individual's resting heart rate in beats per minute (bpm). To do this, they plan to use the correlation technique.

Describe one weakness of using the correlation technique in this study.

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Research methods and techniques Questions

  1. A Level
  2. /Psychology
  3. /Research methods and techniques

644 exam-style questions on OCR A Level Psychology Research methods and techniques. Each one has a worked solution and a mark scheme showing where the marks go.

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