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Investigative Project (A2 1)

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How do you plan, carry out, analyse and evaluate an extended independent scientific investigation, and how is this portfolio unit assessed?

A2 1 Investigative Project as an internally assessed portfolio: developing a research question and hypothesis, planning and risk-assessing an extended investigation, collecting and statistically analysing data, drawing conclusions and evaluating, and referencing scientific sources.
A CCEA Life and Health Sciences overview of A2 1 Investigative Project, the internally assessed extended-investigation portfolio: developing a research question, planning, statistical analysis of data, conclusions and evaluation, and referencing.
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