Component 4: Cambridge Research Report

Worked examples (6)

• 1Essay or research report?
• 2Knowing the weight and structure of the marks
• 3What counts as independent research
• 4Rewriting for a non-specialist reader
• 5Managing the 5000-word limit
• 6Why the research log matters (10 marks)

Model answers (6)

• ✓Model answer — Component 4 research report (exemplar)
• ✓Model answer — Component 4 research report (exemplar)
• ✓Model answer — Component 4 research report (exemplar)
• ✓Model answer — Component 4 research report (exemplar)
• ✓Model answer — Component 4 research report (exemplar)
• ✓Model answer — Component 4 research report (exemplar)

Worked examples (6)

• 1Is this a researchable topic?
• 2Descriptive vs evaluative question
• 3Narrowing an over-broad question
• 4Refining across candidate questions
• 5Defining scope and boundaries
• 6Checking the question sets up the whole project

Model answers (6)

• ✓Model answer — Component 4 research report (exemplar)
• ✓Model answer — Component 4 research report (exemplar)
• ✓Model answer — Component 4 research report (exemplar)
• ✓Model answer — Component 4 research report (exemplar)
• ✓Model answer — Component 4 research report (exemplar)
• ✓Model answer — Component 4 research report (exemplar)

Worked examples (6)

• 1Method or methodology?
• 2Primary or secondary — and which fits?
• 3Justifying a method choice
• 4Evaluating the appropriateness of a method
• 5Applying ethics to primary research
• 6Designing a coherent methodology (triangulation)

Model answers (6)

• ✓Model answer — Component 4 research report (exemplar)
• ✓Model answer — Component 4 research report (exemplar)
• ✓Model answer — Component 4 research report (exemplar)
• ✓Model answer — Component 4 research report (exemplar)
• ✓Model answer — Component 4 research report (exemplar)
• ✓Model answer — Component 4 research report (exemplar)

Worked examples (6)

• 1Selecting a range vs a narrow set
• 2Selecting deliberately, not accumulating
• 3Analysing a source (not summarising it)
• 4Synthesis vs summary
• 5Cross-checking and handling conflicting sources
• 6Logging a research turning point

Model answers (6)

• ✓Model answer — Component 4 research report (exemplar)
• ✓Model answer — Component 4 research report (exemplar)
• ✓Model answer — Component 4 research report (exemplar)
• ✓Model answer — Component 4 research report (exemplar)
• ✓Model answer — Component 4 research report (exemplar)
• ✓Model answer — Component 4 research report (exemplar)

Worked examples (6)

• 1Structuring the report
• 2Arguing vs describing
• 3Writing an argued, evaluated paragraph
• 4Writing a reasoned conclusion
• 5Referencing consistently
• 6Budgeting the 5000 words

Model answers (6)

• ✓Model answer — Component 4 research report (exemplar)
• ✓Model answer — Component 4 research report (exemplar)
• ✓Model answer — Component 4 research report (exemplar)
• ✓Model answer — Component 4 research report (exemplar)
• ✓Model answer — Component 4 research report (exemplar)
• ✓Model answer — Component 4 research report (exemplar)

Worked examples (6)

• 1Spotting performative reflection
• 2Reflection vs narration
• 3Reflecting on a limitation (with its consequence)
• 4Calibrating a conclusion's reliability
• 5Proposing a specific improvement
• 6Reflecting in the research log (a turning point)

Model answers (6)

• ✓Model answer — Component 4 research report (exemplar)
• ✓Model answer — Component 4 research report (exemplar)
• ✓Model answer — Component 4 research report (exemplar)
• ✓Model answer — Component 4 research report (exemplar)
• ✓Model answer — Component 4 research report (exemplar)
• ✓Model answer — Component 4 research report (exemplar)