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7.1 Planning Research

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Question 6

A psychologist wants to estimate the mean number of exercise sessions completed each week by adults living in a town. On a Tuesday morning, she waits outside an exercise studio at one leisure centre and asks the first 60 adults who are willing to answer her questionnaire.

a.

State the sampling method used by the psychologist.

[1]
b.

Explain one way that the place or time used to recruit participants could affect the psychologist's estimate.

[2]
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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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