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Detailed booklet for research methods practical activities for OCR A-level Psychology students. Includes data analysis (including inferential statistical tests with step-by-step instructions for practice).

4 practical studies for students to complete:

  • An experiment
  • An observation
  • A self-report study
  • A correlation study

Contains:

  • Background information and example of previous research
  • Aims and hypothesis writing (alternate, null, one-tailed, two-tailed)
  • Method and materials information is provided for students
  • Asks students to identify: the DV, the IV, how they will recruit their sample, identify the sampling method they’ve described, ethical considerations they will need to consider, specific questions about the procedure
  • Difference or relationship?
  • Level of measurement (nominal, ordinal, interval)
  • Raw data tables
  • An inferential statistical test for each piece of research (Wilcoxon T test, Chi-square test, variance and standard deviation and Spearman’s Rho correlation analysis)
  • Critical value tables
  • Writing significance statements
  • Writing research conclusions
  • Discussion of research: does it match previous findings? What does it mean for the topic its in?
  • Methodological evaluation

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