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Question 30

A psychologist investigates attitudes to flexible working among 900 employees at one local authority. The target population and the selected sample are shown below.

Job areaTarget populationSelected sample
Administration45024
Waste and recycling27024
Social care18012
a.

Calculate how many employees from each job area would be required for a sample of 60 to match the make-up of the target population.

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b.

Explain whether the findings from the selected sample can be generalised to all 900 employees.

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Markscheme

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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