Stage One – Planning
- In your group you should address questions 1-7 for feedback to the group. You only have fifteen minutes for this exercise!
- On your own you should use the whole list to check your planning is sound.
- What are you thinking of investigating?
- What part of the course relates to your study?
- Why do you think this is worth investigating?
- What do you expect to find?
- Why do you expect to find this result?
- What, in ONE SENTENCE is your hypothesis?
- How
can you test this hypothesis as stated?
- What specialist information or knowledge will you need?
- Where will you get it?
- How will you standardise your results? (i.e. eliminate variables that might interfere with or invalidate the result).
- Exactly what equipment and resources will you need?
- Are they available?
- Should you carry out a PILOT STUDY?
- How many readings should you take?
- What risks are involved in this study and how will you control them?
- Have you checked your proposed procedure against the marking criteria for ‘Planning’ to make sure you maximise your marks?
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