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CAIE A-Level Psychology Postal Questionnaires and Rating Scales

Practise planning postal questionnaires with usable items and sampling, then evaluating return bias and fixed-choice rating scales through the proposed study.

Syllabus
2028–2030
Course
Psychology 9990
Level
A2

Exam points

  • specify postal distribution and return, question format and a sampling route suited to the target population
  • construct a fixed-point rating scale with labelled anchors and explain how responses will be scored
  • evaluate non-response, midpoint avoidance or limited expression through the study's participants and topic

Postal questionnaires and rating scales question 1

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The key study by Freeman et al. (2003), using virtual reality to investigate persecutory ideation, included a number of self-reports such as the VR-Paranoia questionnaire.

State two features of the scale used by participants to answer the VR-Paranoia questions.

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