Thank you, John.
Depression: PrevalenceThanks John, the reason that I didn't flag it earlier with the students was because the body of their work is markedly different. But the target population had stuck with me as concerning. I have since informed the students that they must...
Internal Assessment (teacher)Dear John How much time would you recommend your students spend on each type of question? Thanks Aradhana
Culture and relationshipsDear Miah, I am not sure why the student is limiting the age range. This is unnecessary and only makes the research more difficult. I would remove it. Research from the 1980s would be considered outdated, as the protocols for...
Supervising Extended EssayHi John, I posted in a previous student access page but have moved my post to here. I have a student who is working with this question refinement and I would really appreciate your advice on our lines of thinking: Original: "To what extent does...
Supervising Extended EssayDear Reina, I don't think that either question is very strong. The first question is descriptive. And the research is problematic because many large-scale studies have not found any significant difference. I wonder why the student...
Supervising Extended EssayDear Emily, You are correct that this study does not show this. Above you will see that this is not recommended for prevalence. Here is the study that does. Nolen-Hoeksema, S., Larson, J., & Grayson, C. (1999). Explaining...
Nolen Hoeksema (2000)Dear Reina I wouldn't. They do not need to design the new study. They simply need to explain how the use of another method would benefit their study.
Internal Assessment (teacher)Dear Sarah, I wouldn't approve two similar topics. Having two that look at acculturative stress even in the same target population may raise flags. On my IB it specifically has the example of two students doing the same topic with...
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Great. Thank you for your answers. One last question: I have a student looking into conformity and wants to use the Asch paradigm but instead of lines use patterns. Is this too similar? The independent variable will be majority group size, operationalized...
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