Managing stress is an essential part of university life, and students employ various strategies to relax. To explore this, a psychologist used a self-report questionnaire to find out the primary relaxation technique students use. Below is a table displaying the data collected from 250 university students who participated in the study.
Table displaying the number of responses in each category when participants were asked to identify their primary relaxation technique
| Exercise | Socialising | Gaming | Reading | Mindfulness | Sleeping | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First-year students | 20 | 45 | 30 | 10 | 8 | 12 |
| Third-year students | 35 | 22 | 15 | 25 | 18 | 10 |
What type of question has been used to produce the data displayed in the table above? Give reasons for your answer.
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.