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Question 102

Community Gym

How do members of the public utilize outdoor public fitness equipment? Some individuals appear highly focused and follow strict workout routines, while others use the space more socially, chatting with friends or pausing frequently. Researchers want to use the naturalistic observation method to investigate how users spend their time in these outdoor gym zones and whether certain patterns of physical activity or social interaction are more common than others.

Outline one strength and one weakness of using the naturalistic observation method 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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