AQA Psychology Research Methods Workbook

This is a blank workbook for students to complete covering the whole of the Research Methods topic, including the mathematical elements. It has been created for the AQA Psychology A-Level Specification. The page numbers throughout refer to the Illuminate textbooks, Year 1 and Year 2.

Here is a list of the contents:
Features of a Science
The scientific report
The peer review process
The implications of psychological research for the economy
Reliability
Validity
Ethics
Aims and Hypotheses
Self Report: Interviews and questionnaires
Sampling methods
Variables
Operationalisation
Experiments
Experimental design
Descriptive Statistics 1: Measures of Central Tendency
Quantitative and qualitative data
Observations
Pilot Studies
Primary and secondary sources of data
Meta-analysis
Content analysis
Case studies
Graphs
Correlations
Descriptive Statistics 2: Measures of Dispersion
Levels of Measurement
Inferential Statistics 1: Probability and Statistical Significance
Inferential Statistics 2: Type 1 and Type 2 errors
Inferential Statistics 3: The Sign Test
Inferential Statistics 4: Parametric and Non-Parametric Tests (includes, Spearman’s Rank, Mann-Whitney U, Wilcoxon, Chi-squared, t-tests (related and unrelated), Pearson’s R)

This workbook is in PDF form - I will upload an editable Word version at a later date. I will also be uploading a completed workbook with the answers, which may be useful for non-specialists/ general time-saving!

It is 47 pages long. This could be used as a self-study/ homework task to accompany taught lessons. I will be teaching Research Methods alongside the other Year 12 topics this year, and so this is something students will be required to complete throughout the year.

I would welcome feedback on my resources so I can continue to make improvements!

Please note: This workbook contains a limited amount of content in relation to statistics which I have adapted to be suitable for AQA from https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/nfminaker where it was shared on a Creative Commons ‘Sharealike’ basis.