An occupational psychologist is investigating collaborative problem-solving behaviors (such as sharing technical resources, offering debugging assistance, or discussing algorithm design) among software engineers during a 2-hour competitive hackathon. The psychologist decides to use time sampling, observing and recording the engineers' interactions for 30 seconds at exactly 10-minute intervals throughout the session.
Describe one weakness of using time sampling in this study.
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.