A school counsellor watches pupils arriving at a study club. She wants to investigate whether arriving with friends affects nervous behaviour. She needs an ...
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A school counsellor watches pupils arriving at a study club. She wants to investigate whether arriving with friends affects nervous behaviour. She needs an operational definition before recording data.
(a) Name one behaviour that could be used as an operational definition of nervousness. [1]
(b) Explain why an operational definition would improve the reliability of this observation study. [2]
(c) Which sampling method would be most suitable if the counsellor records every fifth pupil entering the club? [1]
Answer Details
(a) Any one: nail biting / fidgeting / avoiding eye contact / pacing / shaking hands [1] (b) It states exactly what counts as nervous behaviour [1] so another researcher can use the same categories and obtain comparable data / check the observations [1] (c) Systematic sampling [1]
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