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Study Guide for Bryn Hafren students

Easy guide to your research report

When you have done your research with your teacher, you will have to write a research report.

What should it look like?

• It should be neat
• It should be written or typed on one side of the paper only
• You can use the booklet that the examination board provides
• It should have an appendix with notes, questionnaires and graphs.
• It should be four to six pages long.
• It should have clear aims

The title page should have the following:

• Candidate name:
• Candidate number:
• Centre name: Bryn Hafren Comprehensive School
• Centre number: 68706

Title of the Report:

This is a description of what you did.

Section A - Design (10 marks)

This section is about how you planned your research.

(a) What did you set out to do?

Write this as bullet points if you wish. Two or three aims are enough.

(b) How did you plan your research?

Explain what methods you chose and why you chose those methods.

(c) What problems did you experience?

Refer to problems you experienced organising the research.
Refer to problems you might have experienced where you could hurt others.

(d) Describe the sample you used.

Mention the sampling process that was used. (Quota sample, random sample, snowball sample).
Talk about who your sample were and what they were like.

Section B — Procedure (10 marks)

This section is about how you actually carried out your research.

• Describe how you carried out the research.
• Explain exactly what was done.
• Write a list of the things you did.
• Give reasons why you did them.
• List the materials and documentation you used.
• Say you have done a questionnaire or interview schedule.
• Say if you have written letters
• Put a copy in the appendix.

Section C — Results (10 marks)

This section is about what you discovered when you did your research.

• Describe the main results of your investigation
• Point out the most important findings.
• Add some graphs and tables

Only the most important findings need to be discussed.
Did you achieve your aims? ( Look at the aims)

Write a general conclusion about what you discovered.

Section D — Conclusions (10 marks)

This section is about what you learned about doing sociology research in real life

(a) What was good and bad about your method?

(b) Can we trust your data to be scientific and accurate? Could someone else do the research and get similar answers?

(c) Do you think that your findings were true to life? Did you get a better understanding of your problem from doing this research?

(d) What would you do differently if you were doing this same topic again?