Research Methods is a compulsory topic on paper 2 of your AQA A Level Psychology course. Although it is named as a topic on paper 2, research methods can also appear in all other papers and within all topics. For example, you may get asked research methods questions in the context of Memory in paper 1 or in the context of Issues and Debates in paper 3. Therefore, nailing research methods knowledge and understanding, and practising the associated skills, is essential to your success.

This comprehensive companion covers:

• Experimental Methods
• Observational Techniques
• Self-report Techniques
• Correlations
• Case Studies
• Coding in Content Analysis
• Aims, Hypotheses, IVS and DVS
• Sampling
• Pilot Studies & Experimental Design
• Control, Demand Characteristics and Investigator Effects
• Ethical Guidelines, Peer Review and the Economy
• Reliability
• Validity
• Features of Science
• Reporting Psychological Investigations
• Types of Data
• Descriptive Statistics
• Presentation & Display of Quantitative Data
• Distributions: Normal & Skewed Distributions
• Levels of Measurement
• The Sign Test
  
• Probability and Significance
• Statistical Tests
• Research Methods Key Terms

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