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7.2 Doing Research

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Question 6

A psychologist records the number of indoor plants in each participant's home and the participant's score on a pattern-recognition task. When the results are plotted on a scatter diagram, the points are spread irregularly and do not trend upwards or downwards from left to right.

a.

State the type of correlation shown by these results.

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b.

Describe what this result means for the two co-variables in this study.

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7.2 Doing Research Questions

  1. GCSE
  2. /Psychology
  3. /7.2 Doing Research

139 exam-style questions on OCR GCSE Psychology 7.2 Doing Research, covering 7.2.1 Experiments, 7.2.2 Interviews, 7.2.3 Questionnaires (Surveys), 7.2.4 Observations, 7.2.5 Case Studies, and 7.2.6 Correlations. Each one has a worked solution and a mark scheme showing where the marks go.

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