Practical Investigation

Question 1

What was the aim of the social practical investigation?

Answer 1

To investigate gender differences in obedience by applying a questionnaire.

Question 2

What was the independent variable in your social practical investigation?

Answer 2

Gender

Question 3

What was the dependent variable of your social practical investigation?

Answer 3

Score of attitude of obedience out of /20 (you can make it up!)

Question 4

What was the hypothesis for your social practical investigation?
Give an example of a one tailed and a two tailed hypothesis.

Answer 4

1: There will be a significant difference in the attitudes towards obedience scores between males and females.
2: Females will score higher on the attitude towards obedience scores.

Question 5

What was the null hypothesis of your social practical investigation?

Answer 5

There will be no difference between each independent variable and if there is it’s due to chance.

Question 6

What was the sampling method and sample size for your social practical investigation?

Answer 6

Opportunity:
Students from mark Rutherford school
Year 7: (Make it up)
Sample size: (make it up!)

Question 7

What was the method of collecting data for your social practical investigation?

Answer 7

Questionnaire:
-Open questions
-Closed questions , rank 1-5

Question 8

What was the procedure of your social practical investigation?

Answer 8

1. Ppts given brief, right to withdraw made clear and confidentiality assured.
2. Ppts completed questionnaire with no time limit.
3. Debrief explaining aims of research
4. Conduct thematic analysis and decipher themes of answers.
   For quantitative data central tendency’s used.

Question 9

Evaluate the G of your social practical investigation?

Answer 9

-Small sample size of children.
=Not generalisable to rest of population.

Question 10

Evaluate the R of your social practical investigation?

Answer 10

+Standardised Procedure
Each ppt given the same questionnaire and briefing
=Replicable

Question 11

Evaluate the A of your social practical investigation?

Answer 11

+Agrees with Burgers findings.
No gender differences.

Question 12

Evaluate the validity of your social practical investigation?

Answer 12

-Ppts completed the questionnaire together
=demand characteristics
Ppts may have copied each other or completed the test similarly to their friends (social desirability)

Question 13

Evaluate the E of your social practical investigation?

Answer 13

+ Specified aim and right to withdraw made clear.