variables so two they are variables useful when under manipulation investigation is practically (only the or ethically relationship). impossible. Variables have to be quantified to be measured and this can affect the construct validity of the findings. TASK A psychologist was interested to find out if there was a relationship between intelligence score and watching TV. He conducted some research into this and his findings are given in the table below. A table to show the number of hours spent watching TV and intelligence score for 8 participants. spent watching Participant Intelligence score TV 1 30 100 2 15 125 3 25 110 4 28 105 5 30 105 6 14 140 7 20 115 8 10 150 Questions Sketch a graph of this data, labelling the axis and include a title. (4 marks)
variables so they are useful when manipulation is practically or ethically impossible. two variables under investigation (only the relationship). Variables have to be quantified to be measured and this can affect the construct validity of the findings. TASK A psychologist was interested to find out if there was a relationship between intelligence score and watching TV. He conducted some research into this and his findings are given in the table below. A table to show the number of hours spent watching TV and intelligence score for 8 participants. Participant spent watching TV Intelligence score 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 30 15 25 28 30 14 20 10 100 125 110 105 105 140 115 150 Questions Sketch a graph of this data, labelling the axis and include a title. (4 marks)
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