Psychology · Study Guide
Key Points
IV and DV must be clearly operationalised in any study
Ethical guidelines require informed consent, confidentiality and right to withdraw
Choose inferential test based on level of data, related/unrelated design and direction of hypothesis
Exam Focus
Paper 2, Section C. 48 marks dedicated to research methods. Maths skills (12% of marks) often appear here — practise chi-squared, Mann-Whitney and Spearman's.
Must-Know Terms
Cross-Theme Connections