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Maguire (2000)Dear Lucija All natural experiments are quasi-experiments. In the new curriculum, students will no longer have to differentiate between the two. Because there is a before and after test (pre-test/post-test design) with time being the variable...
Alloy et al (1999)Hi John! This is a bit of a technicality but for the graph, I understand there has to be a title for you to be able to consider that it's fully complete. If a student inputs their graph in the IA and then below writes Figure1: *and a description...
IA Exemplar HighAnother question - when you have studies like Arnone, 2013, that have depressed participants divided into two conditions and the healthy control group - half of depressed individuals were prescribed SSRI treatment while the other half received...
Elkin et al (1989)Dear John, can you please clarify why would this be better described as a natural, rather than quasi experiment? Would the IV be thinking cognitive style, which they didn't manipulate? Thank you
Alloy et al (1999)Dear Alin It is not necessary. I agree with your reasoning.
What to do with outliersIf they do not include the inferential statistics in their appendix, the maximum they may receive for the analysis is a 4. So, you should first take the analysis to a 4 and then deduct any other errors that they may have.
D. AnalysisDear Keerthana We have never had that question, so it is not clear how they will mark it. I would think that either approach would be acceptable. Personally, I doubt that they will ask it, as the question is much too vague. I...
NeurotransmissionIf one study is well described and linked to the question, it may be up to 4 marks.
Maguire (2000)
John
Site authorYes, that is correct. If they all have depression, then it is a true experiment. If there are participants with and without depression, it is a quasi-experiment.
Elkin et al (1989)