Here is the 16th in our new series of Psychology blogs – useful for anyone revising for exams or thinking about taking up Psychology as a new subject at A level or GCSE. Describing and Evaluating Studies When answering exam questions, you will often find questions that ask you to describe and evaluate a study. If […]

Here is the 15th in our new series of Psychology blogs – useful for anyone revising for exams or thinking about taking up Psychology as a new subject at A level or GCSE. Variables Affecting Research – Standardised Instructions I want to see how many five year olds in a class of thirty can read a […]

Here is the 14th in our new series of Psychology blogs – useful for anyone revising for exams or thinking about taking up Psychology as a new subject at A level or GCSE. Variables Affecting Research – Participants and Random Allocation The participants themselves can actually affect the results of an experiment. We know that we […]

Here is the 13th in our new series of Psychology blogs – useful for anyone revising for exams or thinking about taking up Psychology as a new subject at A level or GCSE. Variables Affecting Research – Order Effects and Counterbalancing Another variable that can affect experiment results is order effects. Order effects occur when the […]

Here is the 11th in our series of study blogs for those studying A level Sociology and GCSE Sociology. Ethical Issues in Sociological Research In recent blogs, we have talked about some of the ethical issues in sociological research, but let’s look at them a bit more. Ethics in research looks at what is morally […]

Here is the 12th in our new series of Psychology blogs – useful for anyone revising for exams or thinking about taking up Psychology as a new subject at A level or GCSE. Variables Affecting Research – Extraneous Variables – Distraction and Noise The way that an experiment is carried out can affect the results of […]

Here is the 10th in our series of study blogs for those studying Sociology GCSE and Sociology A Level. Research Methods – Secondary Sources of Data Qualitative and quantitative data are primary sources of data, in that the sociologist collects the information him/herself in the form of surveys, structured interviews and so on. Sometimes, however, […]

Here is the 11th in our new series of Psychology blogs – useful for anyone revising for exams or thinking about taking up Psychology as a new subject at A level or GCSE. Research Methods – Research Design – Matched Pairs Design A matched pairs design is when you have different participants in two different conditions, […]

Here is the 9th in our series of study blogs for those studying A level Sociology and GCSE Sociology. Qualitative Methods: Part 2 – Unstructured Interviews As we said in the previous blog (no. 8), qualitative methods use data that is collected in the form of words, quotations and detailed descriptions. In that blog we […]

Here is the 8th in our series of study blogs for those studying A level Sociology and GCSE Sociology. Qualitative Methods Part 1 – Participant Observations Qualitative methods use data that is collected in the form of words, quotations and detailed descriptions. They can provide more in-depth, detailed information than quantitative methods. But their use […]