Exam Advice: Using Evidence and Examples

In your AS and A2 economics exams, try to introduce relevant supporting evidence and examples into your arguments. The examiners will always reward reference to recent developments in particular industries and markets, and events in both the domestic and international economy. Exam questions will often say “using the data and your own knowledge”, this is a clear signpost that the exam requires you to bring into your discussion some ideas and evidence drawn from your own reading and exam preparation.

Before the exam make sure you are armed with some of the key statistics on the UK and international economy – particularly useful for the macroeconomic essay questions (e.g. on unemployment, globalisation, inflation, economic growth and the balance of payments). The UK Economy at a Glance is a one page document that focuses on many of the key indicators. It can be downloaded here.

Our AS and A2 study companions are re-written each year and are full of supporting examples and evidence for each topic on the syllabus. Here are some details for students interested in purchasing them.

Unit 2 Macro: The Output Gap [20 May 2012]
Unit 1 Micro: Revision Presentation on the Price Mechanism [16 May 2012]
Improving Evaluation Skills in Economics Exams [16 May 2012]
Unit 1 Micro: Revision Quiz and Game on Market Prices [10 May 2012]
Unit 1 Micro: Getting Higher Marks for Evaluation! [9 May 2012]
Command Words in Questions [9 May 2012]
Exam Technique for Economics - Weesteps to Evaluation [5 May 2012]
Macro Revision - Key Statistics on the UK Economy [4 May 2012]
Macro Revision: Putting Things in Context [29 Apr 2012]
Preparing for the AS Economics Macro Paper 2012 [19 Apr 2012]
Unit 3 Micro: Key Diagrams for Business Economics [17 Apr 2012]
Ukraine Hotel ‘Bandits’? [12 Apr 2012]
Economics Revision Workshops - Session Topics [16 Feb 2012]
Post-Easter 2012 Revision Workshops for A Level Economics [16 Jan 2012]
AS and A2 Economics Revision Workshops in Spring 2012 (update) [16 Jan 2012]
Essential Economics 2012 - the Economics Booster CPD Course (20 June 2012) [13 Jan 2012]
Revision Presentation: Economics Evaluation Skills [10 Jan 2012]
Exam Advice: 10 Ideas for a Better Economics Paper [10 Jan 2012]
AS and A2 Economics - 10 Ways to Improve Evaluation [4 Jan 2012]
Unit 2 Macro: A Prezi on Unemployment Policies [16 Nov 2011]
AQA AS ECON1 - Specification Resource Map [15 Sep 2011]
Nine Great Reasons for Economics & Business Teachers to use Twitter [28 Jun 2011]
AS Macro: Preparing for Unit 2 (May 2011) [25 May 2011]
AS Macro Key Term: Supply-Side Policies [25 May 2011]
AS Micro: Last-minute Unit 1 Exam Tips! [11 May 2011]
Interest Rates Held at 0.5% once again [5 May 2011]
AS Macro: Extended House Price Deflation? [5 May 2011]
A2 Micro: Innovation in Markets [4 May 2011]
What America makes [4 May 2011]
AQA ECON2 - Rapid Revision Q&A Now Available [3 May 2011]
UK Economy Revision Briefing May 2011 [1 May 2011]
AS Micro: Revision on Government Failure [1 May 2011]
Video Clips on the Chinese Economy [1 May 2011]
A2 Micro Revision - Key Terms and Glossary [30 Apr 2011]
EU Enlargement - Evaluating the Impact [30 Apr 2011]
New! OCR A2 Economics Unit F584 Transport Economics Rapid Revision Q&A 2011 [27 Apr 2011]
Economics Recommended Reading - Summer 2011 [26 Apr 2011]
Wiki Revision: A to Z on Monopoly [23 Apr 2011]
AS Macro: Conflicts between Objectives [23 Apr 2011]
Exam Advice: Multiple Causation [17 Apr 2011]
UK Economy at a Glance April 2011 [17 Apr 2011]
Online Economics Revision Help [13 Apr 2011]
AS Macro Key Term: Double-Dip Recession [8 Apr 2011]
Prospects for the UK Economy - Madrid Presentation [5 Apr 2011]
AS Macro Revision - Key Term Revision Bank [1 Apr 2011]
AS Micro Revision - Key Term Revision Bank [1 Apr 2011]
Exam Advice: Putting Things in Context [1 Apr 2011]
Exam Advice: Maintaining Balance in your Answers [31 Mar 2011]
Timetric: Mortgage Lending and Mortgage Rates [14 Mar 2011]
David Smith on Shifting Sands in the Global Economy [8 Feb 2011]
Tuesday Talks! African development [8 Feb 2011]
The 25 Countries Whose Governments Could Get Crushed By Food Price Inflation [5 Feb 2011]
More inequality - and it’s a good thing! [2 Feb 2011]
Choppy Times - An Economic Cycle Update and Resource Download [25 Jan 2011]
Economics Q&A: Tragedy of the Commons and Market Failure [18 Jan 2011]
Roger Harrabin - Environmental Economics Videos [17 Jan 2011]
Economics Q&A: Will the rise in VAT harm the UK’s economic performance? [17 Jan 2011]
Environmental Economics: Five Fresh Links [13 Jan 2011]
Economics Q&A: What economic factors affect the demand for new cars? [9 Jan 2011]
Diagram Canvas for A2 Micro [7 Jan 2011]
AS Economics Diagram Canvas [7 Jan 2011]
A2 Economics Diagram Checklist [7 Jan 2011]
Revision Economics Q&As for the June 2011 exams [6 Jan 2011]
Firefox overtakes IE in the EU Browser Market [5 Jan 2011]
Economics Q&A: What are some of the benefits and drawbacks of a period of rising world food prices [4 Jan 2011]
Revision: Consequences of Unemployment [1 Jan 2011]
UK Economy in Focus [22 Dec 2010]
OCR A2 Economics F585 (Feb 2011) - Focus on St Lucia [9 Dec 2010]
OCR A2 Economics F585 (Feb 2011) - Price Volatility [8 Dec 2010]
A selection of economics revision presentations [1 Dec 2010]
The 25 Mark Questions in AQA AS Macro [30 Nov 2010]
Changes to AQA Economics Spec and other Animals [28 Nov 2010]
The Timeless Quality of Phil Holden’s Revision Videos [15 Nov 2010]
Revision Presentation on Causes and Effects of Inflation [4 Nov 2010]
Revision Presentation on Measuring Inflation [26 Oct 2010]
Revision Presentation on Unemployment in the UK [26 Oct 2010]
Lesson Worksheet - Income Elasticity of Demand [16 Aug 2010]
Revision Note: AQA Economics Unit 4 [23 Jun 2010]
AS Macro Revision: Policies to Control Inflation [31 May 2010]
Economics of the EU Revision - Carbon Taxes [26 May 2010]
A2 Economics Revision - Data Description Revision on Fiscal Deficits [23 May 2010]
A2 Economics Revision - The US and the UK Economy [23 May 2010]
A2 Economics Revision - Practice Essay Questions for AQA Unit 3 and Unit 4 [15 May 2010]
AS Economics Revision - The Balance of Payments [8 May 2010]
A2 Economics Revision - Evaluation on the National Minimum Wage [4 May 2010]
A2 Micro: Oligopoly and Duopoly [3 May 2010]
AS Economics Revision - Managing the Economy [2 May 2010]
AQA Unit 1 (Micro) Course Companion [7 Apr 2010]
AQA Unit 2 (Macro) Course Companion [7 Apr 2010]
OCR AS Economics Unit F581 - Markets in Action: Rapid Revision Q&A Guide [4 Apr 2010]
OCR A2 Economics Unit F585 (The Global Economy) - Rapid Revision Q&A Guide [4 Apr 2010]
Workshop Booklet for AS Economics Revision Days (April 2010) - London & Manchester [3 Apr 2010]
AS & A2 Digital Course Companions for 2010 [21 Sep 2009]
UK Economy ExamBuster 2009 [21 Sep 2009]
Edexcel GCE Economics Unit 4 - The Global Economy [2 Sep 2009]
Q&A: Size of State Sector and Automatic Stabilisers [2 Jun 2009]
Q&A: What is hedging? [1 Jun 2009]
Q&A: Current and Capital Account [1 Jun 2009]
Q&A: AD and Inflationary Pressures [1 Jun 2009]
Q&A: What is the productivity gap? [1 Jun 2009]

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