A researcher places a notice in a community centre. It reads: 'Participants wanted for a study of whether five minutes of slow breathing improves proofreading accuracy. Contact the researcher if you would like to take part.' Fourteen adults reply to the notice, and twelve of them belong to the centre's weekly yoga class.
Identify the sampling method used to recruit the 14 adults.
State one limitation of using this sampling method in this study.
182 exam-style questions on OCR GCSE Psychology 7.1 Planning Research, covering 7.1.1 Hypotheses, 7.1.2 Variables, 7.1.3 Experimental Designs, 7.1.4 Populations and Sampling, 7.1.5 Ethical issues, and 7.1.6 Dealing with ethical issues and BPS Code. Each one has a worked solution and a mark scheme showing where the marks go.