Practise Edexcel Psychology questions analysing qualitative responses, identifying themes and judging the strengths and weaknesses of thematic analysis.
Rendi wanted to test how obedient the other students in her psychology class were to authority figures. She designed a questionnaire to gather quantitative data.
Describe how Rendi could analyse the data gathered from the open questions in her interviews.
AO2 (2 marks)
Credit up to two marks for an accurate description in
relation to scenario.
For example:
- Rendi could read through the interview answers and
look for common themes or patterns on why the
students said they would obey (1). She could then
collate the answers and total up the most common
reasons for obeying different people (1).
Look for other reasonable marking points.
Generic answers score 0 marks.
(2)