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7.1 Planning Research

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Question 124

A psychologist wants to find out how much homework Year 11 pupils in England do each week. She gives a questionnaire to 200 Year 11 pupils, all of them in the top maths set at three schools in the same town.

Explain why this sample may not be representative, even though it is large.

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7.1 Planning Research Questions

  1. GCSE
  2. /Psychology
  3. /7.1 Planning Research

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.

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