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Question 177

A developmental psychologist is investigating play behavior in a primary school with 300 pupils, consisting of 180 pupils in Key Stage 1 and 120 pupils in Key Stage 2. The psychologist wants to obtain a representative sample of 50 pupils. She divides the school population into these two key stages and randomly selects 30 pupils from Key Stage 1 and 20 pupils from Key Stage 2 to participate.

Which sampling technique has the psychologist used?

A

Opportunity sampling

B

Stratified sampling

C

Systematic sampling

D

Random sampling

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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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