Unofficial exam paper for A Level Psychology Research Methods, 6th set [48 marks]

This is the 6th in a set of unofficial exam papers for the Research Methods Section of the Psychology A level exam.

The stimulus provides information about testing the relationship between time spent on social media and mood.

This paper tests:

• Identification of an appropriate hypothesis
• Operationalized co-variables
• Identification and justification of sampling techniques
• The purpose of filler questions
• Writing a filler question
• Type of data
• Identification of and Addressing ethical issues
• Interpretation of a table of descriptive stats
• Identification of a control measure
• The purpose of replication in relation to the study
• Writing a reference
• Design a study (12 marks) (An experiment including the procedure, design, variables, control measures, descriptive and inferential stats)

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