Social psychology Research methods

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• 1Explain one strength and one weakness of a questionnaire (4 marks)
• 2Identify and rewrite a poorly written question (4 marks)
• 3Classify primary and secondary data (3 marks)
• 4Justify a choice of interview type (4 marks)
• 5Explain researcher effects and how to control them (5 marks)
• 6Write an operationalised alternative hypothesis (3 marks)
• 7Evaluate using open questions in a questionnaire (6 marks)
• 8Explain why self-report underestimates obedience (5 marks)
• 9Design a questionnaire for the Topic A practical (8 marks)

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• 1Distinguish target population, sampling frame and sample (3 marks)
• 2Identify the sampling technique from a description (3 marks)
• 3Describe how to obtain a random sample (4 marks)
• 4Calculate the numbers for a stratified sample (3 marks)
• 5Explain volunteer bias using Milgram's sample (4 marks)
• 6Choose and justify a sampling technique (4 marks)
• 7Use sampling to evaluate the Topic A studies (6 marks)
• 8Improve the sampling in a student practical (6 marks)
• 9Build a Band 4 answer: does sampling limit what psychology can claim? (8 marks)

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• 1Calculate the mean, median and mode (3 marks)
• 2Calculate percentages and a percentage change (4 marks)
• 3Choose and justify the correct graph (3 marks)
• 4Calculate a standard deviation (4 marks)
• 5Interpret two means with different standard deviations (4 marks)
• 6Identify a skew and choose the right measure (4 marks)
• 7Build and critique a summary table (5 marks)
• 8Carry out and evaluate a thematic analysis (6 marks)
• 9Analyse a full set of practical results (8 marks)

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• 1Define informed consent precisely (2 marks)
• 2Match guidelines to the four BPS principles (4 marks)
• 3Identify ethical issues in a described study (4 marks)
• 4Explain how to obtain consent where full disclosure is impossible (4 marks)
• 5Carry out a risk assessment for a practical (5 marks)
• 6Suggest targeted improvements to an unethical study (5 marks)
• 7Weigh the costs and benefits of Milgram's research (6 marks)
• 8Build a Band 4 answer: evaluate the ethics of social psychology research (8 marks)
• 9Section E synoptic: plan a 20-mark answer on ethics across topics

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