IA Requirements

Which of the following MUST be in your introduction? Select the 3 correct answers.

• A history of the study of your topic should be explained.

• A null and research hypothesis should be stated.

• An explanation of the theory on which your research is based.

• The aim of your study should be stated and its importance explained.

Which of the following is the best statement of the aim?

• The aim of this study is to investigate the role of leading questions on speed estimates of teenage American students with drivers' licenses.

• The aim of this study is to replicate the study by Loftus and Palmer.

• The aim of this study is to investigate the misinformation effect to see if it is true.

• The aim of this study is to investigate the role of verbs on memory.

When explaining the design, sampling technique, controls, and materials, which of these statements would be considered incorrect? (check all that apply) Select the 4 correct answers.

• We used an independent samples design to avoid order effects.

• We chose to use the same video that Loftus used in order to replicate the original study.

• We used an independent samples design to save time.

• We used an opportunity sample because our teacher told us we had to.

• We used a random opportunity sample because it was convenient.

Below are a series of classic studies and ways that students have applied statistics. Which of these is not correct? (check all that apply). Check the 3 correct answers.

• Tversky and Kahenmann's study of anchoring bias. There were many extreme outliers so the student used the median and standard deviation.

• The Halo Effect - the participants filled in a Likert scale from 1 - 5, with 1 being "extremely dislike" and 5 being "extremely like." The student found the mean and range of the data.

• Loftus and Palmer's study of whether they saw broken glass. Half of the group was originally asked how fast they were going when they smashed into each other and the other was asked with the verb hit. A Mann Whitney compared the two sets of data.

• Loftus and Palmer's study of speed estimates. The student used the mean and standard deviation.

Which of the following must appear in the evaluation? (check all that apply) Select 4 correct answers.

• A link between your study and the theory which you are investigating

• Strengths and limitations of your procedure

• Modifications that directly address the limitations of your study.

• Strengths and limitations of your sample.

• An evaluation of the experimental method.

Which of the following must be in the appendices of your report? (check all that apply) Select 4 correct answers.

• A copy of a blank consent form and debriefing notes.

• A print-out or calculation of your inferential statistics.

• Your raw data

• Calculation of your descriptive statistics.

• A copy of all materials that were used.

Which of the following is a reason why the IB may flag your work as unethical - potentially leading to no credit for your internal assessment? (check all that apply) Select 3 correct answers.

• Failure to include citation of sources and references.

• Including the name of your participants in your raw data list or on the consent forms.

• Having exactly the same graph and/or statement of findings as other members of your group.

• Not clearly manipulating the independent variable.

Which of the following pieces of information must be on your title page? (check all that apply) Select 4 correct answers.

• The IB candidate codes for all members of your group.

• Word count

• Date of submission.

• The title of your experiment.

• Your name.