OCR A Level English Language (NEA) Quantitative Analysis Booklet for the Investigation

This booklet is designed to give to students to help them explore all the different ways that they can incorporate quantitative analysis to help make their OCR A Level NEA language investigation more scientific. [The specification states that students must include quantitative as well as qualitative analysis in their report. ]

This booklet includes revision of some key GCSE maths concepts (percentages and charts, mean, median, mode and range) that students have often forgotten by the time they come to undertake their language investigation. It also includes a range of online tools that students will find helpful when analysing blocks of text such as ones for creating visual and mathematical representations of word frequency, mapping language change over time and calculating reading ease.

The booklet is accompanied by a playlist of videos (not professionally made) which outline and demonstrate some of these quantitative methods. The videos can be used by teachers to prepare for class delivery or can be shared with students. [Please check weblinks mentioned in the videos are up to date before shaing with students.]

NB: Specifications do change from time to time so please ensure that specification information, detail and guidance is relevant at the time of teaching.