Social psychology Practical investigation

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• 1Explain how the practical is assessed (3 marks)
• 2Write directional and non-directional hypotheses (4 marks)
• 3Identify and repair faulty items (6 marks)
• 4Justify a sampling decision for your own practical (5 marks)
• 5Plan the ethics of your practical (6 marks)
• 6Explain why both data types are required (4 marks)
• 7Explain the purpose of a pilot study (4 marks)
• 8Suggest improvements to a flawed practical design (6 marks)
• 9Build a Band 4 answer: is a questionnaire the right method? (8 marks)

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• 1Apply the evaluation criteria to a questionnaire (4 marks)
• 2Explain how social desirability affects the results (4 marks)
• 3Explain how to check reliability (5 marks)
• 4Assess the generalisability of practical findings (4 marks)
• 5Use the threat–evidence–improvement chain (6 marks)
• 6Identify legitimate strengths of the questionnaire method (5 marks)
• 7Explain where objectivity and subjectivity enter (4 marks)
• 8Build a Band 4 answer: evaluate your own practical (8 marks)
• 9Section C: plan a 12-mark answer on the value of self-report

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• 1Sort statements into the right section (4 marks)
• 2Write a replicable procedure (5 marks)
• 3Write a results section without interpreting (5 marks)
• 4Structure a discussion around the six moves (6 marks)
• 5State the decision about the hypothesis correctly (4 marks)
• 6Decide what goes in the appendices (3 marks)
• 7Explain and evaluate peer review (6 marks)
• 8Correct a flawed write-up (6 marks)
• 9Build a Band 4 answer: why report conventions matter (8 marks)

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• 1Choose the measures 'as appropriate' (4 marks)
• 2Calculate the mean and standard deviation (5 marks)
• 3Build a summary table and frequency table (5 marks)
• 4Choose and describe the right graph (4 marks)
• 5Run a thematic analysis on open responses (6 marks)
• 6Interpret the full results (5 marks)
• 7Evaluate thematic analysis as a method (6 marks)
• 8Suggest improvements to a weak analysis (6 marks)
• 9Build a Band 4 answer: what can practical data show? (8 marks)

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