CCEA A-Level Nutrition and Food Science Research Project overview quiz quiz

By a timed written examination set by CCEA

By internal assessment in the centre, moderated by CCEA

By a multiple-choice test taken online

It is not assessed and does not count towards the grade

Information already published by others in journals and reports

Information that is the most important in a textbook

Information the researcher collects themselves for the investigation

Information that is collected only after the conclusions are written

A questionnaire the student designs and gives out

A sensory-analysis taste panel run by the student

A practical experiment carried out by the student

A government report on diet and health published online

It is focused, testable and manageable in the time available

It is as broad and general as possible

It can only ever be answered with secondary data

It avoids any link to the taught course content

Whether the method would give consistent results if repeated

Whether the method actually measures what it is meant to measure

Whether the sample is as large as physically possible

Whether the report is presented in an attractive format

Choosing the most colourful graph for the results

Using a large enough font in the final report

Gaining informed consent and keeping responses confidential

Finishing the project before the submission deadline

Because using two sources always doubles the final mark automatically

Because secondary data must replace all of the primary findings

Because primary data is never reliable enough on its own to use

Because secondary data gives background while primary data tests the question

Would give consistent results if the study were repeated

Measures exactly what the researcher set out to measure

Uses the cheapest possible equipment and materials

Produces the answer the researcher was hoping for

Only as a block of continuous prose with no figures

In suitable tables, graphs and charts that show patterns

By hiding the data so the conclusion seems stronger

By presenting only the results that fit the hypothesis

To make the report longer regardless of content

To hide any weaknesses from the moderator

To show honest, balanced reasoning and suggest improvements

Because limitations are never relevant to the findings

Write the conclusion first, then invent a question to fit it

Collect data, ignore the question, then present any findings

Only gather secondary data and copy it into a report

Focus the question, plan the method, gather data, analyse, then conclude

It shows academic rigour and credits the secondary research used

It is only needed if the project uses no primary data

It allows the researcher to avoid analysing the data

It replaces the need to draw any conclusions