Dear Rachel They were invited via email, so they were recruited. It is purposive in that it is only psychology students, but it is not a class - it is all students who study psychology. Volunteers are often paid, so that is not part of the definition...
Correlation: Sleep qualityDear Russell Yes, they would be penalized for using the mean. If this is their rough draft, then you can tell them that their analysis of the Likert Scale is not correct. If this is a final copy, they may not correct it. They are not required...
D. AnalysisDear Sara I am not sure exactly what you mean. You still have a year and half of the course, so I assume you will continue to explore the extension topics with your students throughout the year. I am doing only motivation with my...
HL ExtensionsDear John,I know you were asked this question many times already, but just to confirm: I’ve covered the HL extension for learning and cognition, including culture, motivation, and technology. I don’t need to cover any other HL extension, correct?Thank...
HL ExtensionsThis is very useful! We can't thank you enough!
Timing is everythingJohn, Thank you for answering so many of my questions. You wisdom is much appreciated. Several groups had a negative Z-score. My understanding is that the groups should find this information significant and worthy of discussion...
Internal assessments: Samples and markingHi John, Could you please explain how this is volunteer and not convenience sampling? I'm looking at a psych dept sending psych students direct emails and paying them. Payment ($5) would indicate it's not really volunteer and it's awfully...
Correlation: Sleep qualityHi John,I have some students that used a Likert scale to measure the 'Quality of a piece of music' based on 'Effort Heuristic' of 3 months or 12 months to compose the piece.For their Descriptive Statistics they have used the 'Mean' as opposed...
D. AnalysisDear Jasmin, Oops. I didn't include them. I am in the bus on the way to school. I will add them later today.
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Site authorDear Tim In all my time of marking IAs over the last three decades, I don't think that any student has ever discussed the Z score. They are totally welcome to do so, as it is worthy of discussion, if they have been taught about that in...
Internal assessments: Samples and marking