Your Own Research

Method and Materials

Procedure

BATs

Write a method

Create materials such as - consent forms, standardised instructions, questionnaire, debrief, results table

Collect qualitative and quantitative data using a questionnaire or other method

Starter

Look at each other’s Introduction (last week’s homework)

To what extent would you be able to ascertain the aim and hypothesis of this piece of research?

Writing a Method

Your method should include descriptions of the following:DesignMaterialsVariablesSampleEthical Issues and how they have been addressedProcedure.

See pages 280, 282/3, 284 and

your AS revision guide

I could get someone to read my method and ask them if they could confidently

replicate it

Writing a Method

A crucial section of the report.Must make it possible for the reader to replicate your investigation. Outline from start to finish what your participants did without exception, and end with you thanking them and thoroughly debriefing each participant.

A step-step guide of what to do. (Like a recipe in a cookbook all steps would need to be followed in order to make that perfect soufflé!!!)

Thanks to Lana Crosbie!

Creating Materials for your research

You will need … A consent form – with right to withdraw, guarantee of confidentialityQuestionnaire – no names!! Code number?Debrief slip – reiterating right to withdraw and thanking participantA table to collect dataYou may need standardised instructions – why?

Questionnaire

Relevant to study – age, gender e.t.cChoose a variety of types of question – Closed – gives possibility to quantifyE.g. Likert scale – rating Yes/noGive options – they pick those most appropriate to them

- Open – provides qualitative dataSee p298-9

Over to you

The expectation is that you will have the following completed by break..

Rough method drawn up

Materials completed

Start to give out questionnaires at break – ready for collection in next 2-3 days

HOMEWORK – collect data and record in a suitable table

Lesson 3 – Analysing Data

Descriptive Stats – These are the first calculations we

complete with the raw data.Mean-Add all scores together and divide by number of participants.Median- The Middle value.Mode- The most frequent answer.Range- The highest value minus the lowest value.Standard Deviation – more precise than rangePercentage

See pages 296-7 + AS revision

guide

Lesson 3 – Analysing Data

Displaying Data

You could display your results via a bar chart, histogram, pie chart scatter gram..

Finishing Off

Homework

Collect data and record in a suitable table

Descriptive stats

Display stats

Now – write up your method in more detail, think about what descriptive stats will be most appropriate and how you will display your data

NEXT WEEKInferential

statistics and a discussion – so data must be available!!!

Ask someone from another group to read your method