A psychologist records how many hours six adults spent volunteering during the previous month. Each adult also completes an empathy questionnaire, scored out of 40.
| Hours spent volunteering during the previous month | Empathy questionnaire score (out of 40) |
|---|---|
| 1 | 16 |
| 4 | 21 |
| 6 | 19 |
| 9 | 25 |
| 12 | 30 |
| 15 | 28 |
State an operationalised alternative hypothesis that predicts the direction of correlation shown by these results.
Explain why a cause-and-effect conclusion cannot be drawn from these results.
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.