Research Methods Practical Activity Booklet - OCR A-level Psychology

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