In Area of Study 3, you will undertake the research investigation process with your teacher. Together, we will choose a question and go through the scientific investigation process.
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Exercise 1A
1 - 2 lessons
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Exercise 1C
Data Collection
Each student needs to follow this instruction to check their screen.
Once done, each student needs to complete the wellbeing survey.
Teacher records the class data on our live spreadsheet. All year 11 Psy class will add their results on the live spreadsheet to ensure we have an appropriate sample size.
Live data collection excel sheet
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Exercise 1D
2 - 3 lessons
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Exercise 1E
1 - 2 lessons
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Exercise 1G
ONCE YOU FINISH THIS SECTION, YOU NEED TO UPDATE YOUR LOGBOOK:
Step 5 - Extraneous/ confounding variables
Step 6 & 7 - You need to calculate
Mean, median and range of Screen Time
Mean, median and range of Wellbeing score
Draw a scatterplot with line of best fit (Watch the video -> Make a copy of our live spreadsheet -> Practice making your own scatterplot)
When you have your R2 value -> It is the coefficient of determination which means % of the DV can be explained by the IV.
For example, your R2 value is 0.72. This means 72% of the DV can be explained by the IV.
1-2 lessons
Your job now is to look at 2 past research to support your question.
'Does phone usage affect adolescent mental health?'
This section should be done at the start when you formulate your question. However, you need to understand the research process before you can analyse past research.
Students get into group of 3 or 4 and analyse this work exemplar.
This is an example of the final research poster that you will be doing in semester 2.