Participants complete a sheet of simple puzzles under either bright or dim lighting. Those in bright lighting are given ten minutes, whereas those in dim lighting are given five minutes. The bright-light condition has a higher number of completed puzzles.
State what type of variable the different time limits are in this investigation.
Explain why the researcher cannot use this result as evidence that bright lighting improved puzzle performance.
173 exam-style questions on OCR GCSE Psychology 7.3 Analysing Research, covering 7.3.1 Types of Data, 7.3.2 Measures of central tendency, 7.3.3 Other descriptive statistics, 7.3.4 Tables, Charts and Graphs, 7.3.5 Reliability, 7.3.6 Validity and effects on validity, and 7.3.7 Sources of bias. Each one has a worked solution and a mark scheme showing where the marks go.