WorksheetsScientific Investigation
Total questions: 8
Worksheet time: 5mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
If I am citing an academic source in my writing and the authors of the 2008 paper are Smith, Jones and Tomklinson, how should this be cited?
a)
Smith, Jones and Tomklinson (2008)
b)
(Smith et al., 2008)
c)
(Smith, Jones and Tomklinson 2008)
d)
Tomklinson et al. (2008)
2.
What is the referencing system used by most UK Universities and by you in this investigation?
a)
Russell Group
b)
Harvey
c)
Yale
d)
Harvard
3.
In order to pass this assignment, what do you need to do?
a)
carry out an investigation of your own design
b)
state aims and hypothesis, complete research reference list and plan you method
c)
write up an introduction, method and conclusion justifying the choices made at each stage
d)
take accurate readings and complete a stats test on them
4.
If I am investigating the differences in memory scores of different genders, what is my aim?
a)
To describe the relationship (if any) between gender and memory
b)
To prove that memory is driven by gender
c)
To disprove that memory is influenced at all by gender
d)
To define memory and gender
5.
If I am investigating the differences in memory scores of different genders, what is my hypothesis?
a)
women will be able to remember the key features of a crime scene more accurately than men
b)
Men and women will be made to answer questions on a crime scene
c)
Disprove memory is influenced at all by gender
d)
Memory is the ability to recall accurately something that has happened in the past
6.
If I carry out a questionnaire to find out the average IQ score of young men, what kind of research is this?
a)
Primary
b)
Secondary
7.
Which of these is an example of secondary research
a)
Carrying out measurements of teeth
b)
Conducting a survey on men aged 16-25 on their memory
c)
Looking into experiments using academic articles
8.
If I am investigating the effect of height on blood spatter patterns, what is my independent variable?
a)
shape of blood spatter
b)
height
c)
surface area of blood
d)
volume of blood
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