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Question 30

An environmental researcher wants to assess local public support for a proposed municipal rewilding scheme, which involves converting several downtown concrete plazas into micro-forests and wildflower meadows. To obtain a sample, the researcher stands outside a newly opened organic health-food cooperative and the entrance of a nearby botanical garden between 9:00 am and 11:30 am on a Tuesday morning, asking passersby who walk past to fill out a brief questionnaire.

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Explain one strength of using this opportunity sampling method for this study.

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Explain one weakness of using this opportunity sampling method for 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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