A researcher is investigating the impact of a new ‘Gratitude Letter’ intervention on the subjective wellbeing of Year 11 students. They hypothesize that writing and delivering a gratitude letter will increase students’ self-reported levels of happiness. Which of the following data generation techniques would be MOST appropriate for collecting primary quantitative data to test this hypothesis?
Conducting unstructured interviews with students to explore their feelings and experiences after delivering the gratitude letter.
Administering a standardized happiness scale (e.g., the Oxford Happiness Questionnaire) to students before and after the intervention.
Observing students’ facial expressions and body language during class and recording qualitative notes about their apparent mood.
Analyzing the content of the gratitude letters themselves to identify recurring themes and emotions.
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In this unit students explore the demand for sleep and the influences of sleep on mental wellbeing. They consider how changes to a person’s sleep-wake cycle can affect psychological functioning. Students explore the concept of mental wellbeing, including social and emotional wellbeing as a multidimensional and holistic framework. They apply a biopsychosocial approach to specific phobia, exploring how biological, psychological and social factors are involved in its development and management. A student-designed scientific investigation involving the generation of primary data related to mental processes and mental wellbeing is undertaken in either Unit 3 or Unit 4 or across both Units 3 and 4, and is assessed in Outcome 3 of this unit.
Students undertake a student-designed scientific investigation in either Unit 3 or Unit 4, or across both Units 3 and 4, related to mental processes and mental wellbeing. The investigation involves the generation of primary quantitative data. Students apply key science skills to develop and test a research question, gather and analyse data, and communicate findings in a structured scientific poster. A logbook is maintained for authentication and assessment purposes.
techniques of primary quantitative data generation relevant to the selected scientific investigation
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