Unofficial exam paper for A Level Psychology Research Methods, 7th set [48 marks]

This is the 7th in a set of unofficial exam papers for the Research Methods Section of the Psychology A level exam.

The stimulus provides information about an experiment that tests whether there is a difference between men and women in seeking sex earlier in a relationship.

This paper tests:

• Identification of sampling techniques
• Identification of an operationalized dependent variable
• Hypothesis writing
• Identification of a research method
• A limitation of self-report as a research method
• Testing Validity
• Outlining validity
• Identification of an invalid measure
• Writing a debrief
• Calculation of degrees of freedom
• Displaying the results of a table in a graph
• Testing for significance using a critical values table
• Type 2 error
• The purpose of replication in relation to the study
• Design a study (12 marks) (An experiment including the procedure, design, variables, control measures, assessment of reliability of data, descriptive and inferential stats)

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