Practical social

• Social practical

  Are males or females more obedient in a self report out of 5

  Sample 16-18 year olds 10m and 10f from north west college pyschology class.

  5 minutes to complete questionnaire.

  5 questions 3 quant, 2 qual

  1. how Likely are you to do a household chore after college 1-10
  2. How likely are you to obey a police officer asking you to pick up litter 1-10
  3. Would you obey your parent yes or no
  4. Can you explain why we obey police
  5. Explain why you obey your parents
• Social practical results

  Males less likely to be obedient

  Mean: male - 4.6 female - 3.7
• how did you collect sample for social practical?

  Opportunity sampling as we asked whoever was available.
• Could improve social practical by sampling people of all ages from around the country instead of just 16-18 year olds in the northwest so our findings are more representative of the wider population increasing generalisability.