Researchers are estimating how many hours adults in the UK spend volunteering during a typical month. On one Saturday, they collect 480 completed questionnaires from adults entering a volunteering fair in Leeds.
Explain why collecting 480 responses in this way does not ensure that the sample is representative.
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.