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11.1 Designing psychological research

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Question 15

In a repeated measures study, every participant completes an easy memory test followed by a hard memory test.

Explain how counterbalancing could be used in this study and why it is needed.

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11.1 Designing psychological research Questions

  1. GCSE
  2. /Psychology
  3. /11.1 Designing psychological research

64 exam-style questions on Edexcel GCSE Psychology 11.1 Designing psychological research, covering 11.1.1 Identify variables, 11.1.2 Controlling extraneous variables, 11.1.3 Write a null hypothesis, 11.1.4 Write an alternative hypothesis, 11.1.5 Methods of sampling, 11.1.6 Experimental and research designs, 11.1.7 Reliability and validity, 11.1.8 Ethical issues in research, 11.1.9 Laboratory experiment, 11.1.10 Field experiment, 11.1.11 Natural experiment, 11.1.12 Interview, 11.1.13 Questionnaire, 11.1.14 Correlation, 11.1.15 Case study, and 11.1.16 Observation. Each one has a worked solution and a mark scheme showing where the marks go.

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