Practise turning research questions into measurable studies by defining hypotheses and variables, controlling procedures, selecting samples and interpreting data.
The study by Hassett et al. (monkey toy preferences) used animals.
Outline two named ethical guidelines in relation to the use of animals in this study.
Ethical guideline 1
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Ethical guideline 2
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Describe how one feature of the study by Milgram (obedience) helped to make the study valid.
Dr Chand is going to measure how much adults want to participate in social activities, such as team sports or attending a festival.
For one of the ways of collecting data you suggested in part (a):
Explain one way this method of collecting data is valid.
Explain one way this method of collecting data is not valid.
When Dr Chand conducts his study, he gives each adult a score out of 15 for how much they want to participate in social activities. He divides the adults into four different age groups and finds an average willingness to participate score for each group. These averages are shown in Table 8.1.
Table 8.1
Plot a suitable graph of Dr Chand's data. You must label the axes.