Ia Workbook
Ia Workbook
Ia Workbook
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What to do
The best advice is to keep your experiment simple. Here is a set of guidelines for getting started. Find the experiment first. DO NOT choose a topic and then spend hours looking for an experiment. Cognitive experiments are often the easiest to do. You must manipulate only ONE variable. You should only measure ONE dependent variable. Make sure that you can actually analyse your data so you end up with a two lists of numbers! Experiment must meet ethical guidelines.
What to avoid
Be aware that there are certain things to avoid. Failure to do so means that your internal assessment will score zero. You must avoid: Conformity and obedience studies Animal research Placebo experiments Experiments involving ingestion Experiments involving deprivation Experiments involving young children Quasi-experiments are a no no! Correlations Questionnaires A pre-designed test
Important please back up all documents! That means anything you type you should save twice (perhaps save a copy on a memory stick).
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Results Discussion
Presentation
Appendices
Make sure that you do not write the report in first person e.g I did this and I did thatAlways write in third person; e.g . the experiment, the participants etc.
HE HNIV DV
What is the DESIGN of your experiment? Independent/Repeated? Please describe your 2 conditions.
Design
Why?
Condition A
Condition B
Sampling Method
Advantages?
Disadvantages
Give details of the sample Give details of the controls used in the experiment
What materials are used in the experiment Please give details of the procedure. Starting with gaining consent and ending with debriefing the participants
Condition A
Condition B
Mean Mode Median Range Standard Deviation
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Analysis of Results
Sketch Visual statistic display bar chart to show the means for each condition.
Discussion State what the results show and what you have found.
Recommendations for future research And effects of different designs and samples
Comments/Notes
Please include your materials that you have used and details of standardised instructions.
Appendices
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