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AQA - Sociology GCSE Paper 2016 - Predictions

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Reply 120

Km99

Original post by Khoyes

Oh, sorry, i didn't read properly like the potato i am ;-;

it's fine

i just hope i did well enough an A*.
what did you say for the 5 marker on what method of study you would use in relation to sexism in schools and why it was better than another type

Reply 121

Lyoung690

During the education section of todays unit 1 gcse I realised I'd written EMA for a policy for people with disadvantaged backgrounds, I then got to the next question which was about schools improving social mobility. I didn't even realise I'd written the same answer question. Can I be penalised for this??? The EMA was a relevant answer for both questions.

Reply 122

TSAntidote

Original post by Khoyes

I don't know if our teacher is smoking weed or something, but C is usually about half the marks together from both papers. My teacher even told me that, and he is very good at teaching sociology. It may be high though this year, because they base it on the how everyone in the country did (idk if just country)

Yeah a C should be around half the marks 40/45 on each paper but like you said it changes depending on how well others do around the country, and since a lot of people considered this an easy paper, I would only assume that the grade boundaries will be high.

A* 77
A 68
B 59-63
C 47- 51

Also, it depends on how well the people found UNIT 2.

P.s. it's out of 180 so an A* IS AROUND 145-150

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Reply 123

Khoyes

Original post by Km99

it's fine

i just hope i did well enough an A*.
what did you say for the 5 marker on what method of study you would use in relation to sexism in schools and why it was better than another type

To be honest, i don't even remember what i wrote on that question xDDD Hopefully you got A* though.

Reply 124

Km99

Original post by Khoyes

To be honest, i don't even remember what i wrote on that question xDDD Hopefully you got A* though.

no worries :smile:

and likewise hope you get an A*

Reply 125

Usernametobee

I used unstructured interview if that helps

Reply 126

Usernametobee

Any predicitions on unit 2? (crime?mass media? and social inequality?) - QUOTE ME WHEN YOU REPLY XO

Reply 127

Km99

Original post by Usernametobee

I used unstructured interview if that helps

me too and yes it does thankyou :smile:

but i compared it to questionnaires what about u

Reply 128

Usernametobee

Original post by Km99

me too and yes it does thankyou :smile:

but i compared it to questionnaires what about u

Yeah questionnaires :smile:

Reply 129

~Lily~

Original post by TSAntidote

145-150 for a*?? Are u serious or joking? How did u get to that conclusion? U literally gave me a wave of hope :smile:

and pls answer honesty!

(edited 7 years ago)

Reply 130

TSAntidote

Original post by ~Lily~

145-50 for a*?? Are u serious or joking? How did u get to that conclusion? U literally gave me a wave of hope :smile:

and pls answer honesty!

Don't you add the grades for both tests?

e.g.
Last year for an example
UNIT1: A*70
UNIT2: A* 68

70+68= 138 meaning that to get an A* you'd need 138 or more

For this year, Let's say
Unit 1: A* 75/90
Unit 2: A* 68/90

A*= 89+65= 140

Surely it would work like that, check previous grade boundaries and see for yourself :smile:

(edited 7 years ago)

Reply 131

siyah99

Original post by Lyoung690

I wrote about EMAs too whats wrong in that ? 😳😳😳 UH OH

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Reply 132

siyah99

Original post by Km99

it's fine

i just hope i did well enough an A*.
what did you say for the 5 marker on what method of study you would use in relation to sexism in schools and why it was better than another type

I done covert observation and mentioned that the students would behave how they usually would and bla bla cant really remember what i compared it too...

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Reply 133

siyah99

Original post by ~Lily~

I think as a whole the exam was easy.
But I'm still beating myself up about the things I got wrong. Like the Social Mobility question; idk how I forgot about meritocracy. Instead I made up a whole load of bull about how scholarships can encourage social mobility in schools. That's 5 marks gone. Then I also kinda messed up on the families 12 markers about socialisation. Shouldve chosen the other one. Oh well, still got thursdays exam...

Don't worry i messed up on the 12 mark too cos i ran out of time 😫 and a few others too but lets pray to God and hope we do well and revise like mad for unit 2 lol

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Reply 134

Jaazal

I feel seriously confused now lol. I thought we had to contrast 2 sampling techniques in the 6 mark question? At least thats what the question said anyway

Reply 135

Ananya._c

Original post by Jaazal

I feel seriously confused now lol. I thought we had to contrast 2 sampling techniques in the 6 mark question? At least thats what the question said anyway

That's what I thought too, I thought I was imagining things oops

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Reply 136

username2013595

Yeah me too I was confused too. I used snowball sampling and compared with random sampling. One question was comparing sampling methods I think then the other was what research method you'd use and how it's useful