A psychologist plans to compare facial-expression recognition in adults aged 18–25 with recognition in adults aged 65–75. Each participant labels the emotion shown in 20 photographs. The psychologist records the number of emotions identified correctly.
The psychologist selects an independent measures design and rejects repeated measures. Explain this decision.
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.