THEORY QIESTIONS

27. Answer the questions below for the following scenario: A child psychologist wants to find out if "skipping" a student ahead to the next grade would hinder her socially. a) determine the population (1 mark) b) create a suitable thesis question (1 mark) c) identify two key variables (1 mark) d) state whether the data is qualitative or quantitative (1 mark) e) will the data will be discrete or continuous? (1 mark) f) state whether a cross-sectional or longitudinal study would be most appropriate to draw conclusions. (1 mark)PART B: Communication Identify the type of bias that may result from each of the following data collection methods a) You wish to find out how many hours teenagers spend playing video games on an average school night, so you survey your school's computer club. (2 marks) b) To collect data on teen shopping habits, you send surveys to every third house on a street. (2 marks) 5 Page Total