Research Skills- Summer Term

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Research Skills- Summer Term

• Practical classes run in weeks 2,3,4

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What to expect

• 1st Practical
• Structure of exam
• Revisiting the flowcharts
• Section 1 of the Mock Exam
• 2nd Practical
• Sections 3 4 of the Mock Exam
• Prepare 3rd practical at home decide which test
  to use for section 2
• 3rd Practical
• Sections 2 5 of the Mock Exam
• Q A/ Problem sheets

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By the end of this class you should

• Know about the structure of the RS exam
• Have reviewed the flow chart
• Have run through Part 1 of the mock exam
  (multiple choice section)
• Obtained/understand how to obtain the correct
  answers

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The 5 Sections

• Section 1 Multiple choice
• Section 2 Perform the test
• Choose which test is appropriate and perform by
  hand
• Section 3 Which Test?
• Section 4 Choose appropriate test and correct
  conclusion
• Section 5 Interpreting data
• Graph describe data

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RS Exam

• 2 hours
• 5 parts
• Each worth 20
• So try to take the same time for each part
• Advice complete Section 2 at the end
• Open book, so take in
• Formulae
• Tables
• Handouts
• Books
• Flow chart
• Worked examples, etc

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By-hand calculations

• Know how to do (for section 2)
• T-test (independent and dependent)
• Mann-Whitney
• Wilcoxon
• Friedman's
• Kruskal-Wallis
• Pearson's correlation
• Spearman's correlation
• Chi-Squared

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Two flow charts

• See Grahams website

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Mock Exam

• Now its time to go through Section 1- Multiple
  Choice.

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Hopefully by now you

• Know about the structure of the RS exam
• Understand how to use the flow chart why it
  will be your new best friend during the exam
• Have run through Part 1 of the mock exam
  (multiple choice section) obtained/understand
  how to obtain the correct answers