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Research design

It could be argued that the Research design criterion is the most difficult part of the IA. Students are expected to find an idea to investigate, write a focussed research question and develop a workable method to collect data to test this idea. The introduction should include background information with biological knowledge at diploma level that outlines a link between the independent variable and the dependent...

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