Anika wants to carry out an investigation to see whether characteristics of the defendant would influence jury decision-making. She placed posters in her local library asking for volunteers who had previously been a member of a jury. She asked them to contact her if they were willing to take part in her investigation using a mock trial.
Explain one reason why Anika recruited her sample from those who had been a member of a jury.
AO2 (1 mark), AO3 (1 mark)
Credit one mark for identification of a reason in relation to the scenario
(AO2).
Credit one mark for justification/exemplification of the reason (AO3).
For example:
- Anika needs to restrict the range of her sample as she only wants
to investigate individuals who had been a member of a jury and
been involved in the decision-making process (1) so she can only
use people who had been a member of a jury and not general
members of the public who have not been on a jury as they would
not be representative of her target population (1).
Look for other reasonable marking points.
Generic answers score 0 marks.
(2)