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Question 54

An adult education centre has 240 learners. Of these, 60 are aged 60 or over and 180 are under 60. A psychologist chooses 32 learners to investigate attitudes towards evening classes. Eight members of the sample are aged 60 or over.

Calculate the percentage of sampled learners who are aged 60 or over. Using the result of your calculation, explain whether the sample represents the centre's learners in terms of age.

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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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