Unofficial exam paper for A Level Psychology Research Methods, 8th set [48 marks]

This is the 8th 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 how verbally aggressive they are.

This paper tests:

• Experimental method
• Identification of sampling techniques
• Limitation of sampling techniques
• Calculation of attrition
• Significant figures
• Identification of the operationalized dependent variable
• Assessing validity
• External validity
• Identification of an extraneous variables
• Control of extraneous variables
• Assessment of reliability of data
• Median
• Calculation of % increase
• Interpreting a table of descriptive stats
• Identification and justification of an inferential stats test
• Testing for significance using a critical values table
• Checking to see if you have made a Type 2 error
• Writing a debrief

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