Psychological research · AS 91846
Conduct psychological research with guidance
Conduct psychological research with guidance
This standard asks you to plan and carry out a psychology research project with your teacher's support. You'll need to develop a clear research question linked to a psychological concept, use proper scientific methods, follow ethical guidelines, collect and analyze data, and then explain what your findings mean and how they answer your original question.
You conduct a complete research project with a clear aim linked to psychology, use a scientific method, follow ethical guidelines, collect and interpret data, and draw a conclusion supported by your findings.
You explain why you chose your particular research method, evaluate whether your method actually measured what you wanted and whether your data is reliable, and discuss how your findings connect to psychological ideas and other research.
You justify why your chosen method was the best option for your research, thoroughly evaluate both the validity of your method and the reliability of your data, and discuss psychological ideas by comparing your findings with other published sources and research.
Standards typically taken alongside or after this one. Same subject, grouped by level.