Each participant completes two tasks. In the first task, the psychologist records how many symbols the participant copies correctly in 60 seconds. In the second task, the psychologist records the time in seconds taken to circle all 12 target letters on a sheet containing 200 letters.
State an operationalised alternative hypothesis.
In a separate correlational study, pairs of participants have a five-minute conversation. For each participant, a researcher uses a stopwatch to total the time for which the participant looks at the other person's face and tallies each occasion when the participant starts speaking before the other person has finished.
Identify the two co-variables.
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.