My Hypothesis is girls achieve better academic grades than boys due to socialisation From my hypothesis I worked out three aims to test and analyse my hypothesis.

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My Hypothesis is” girls achieve better academic grades than boys due to socialisation”

From my hypothesis I worked out three aims to test and analyse my hypothesis.

Aim 1- To analyse the GCSE results for girls and boys and see which gender achieves better and why.

Aim 2- compare the results and find the differences between the two.

Aim 3- To see which gender try’s hardest in class.

The three aims stated above will involve me understanding different research methods which I will now explore.

Aim 1- To analyse the GCSE results for girls and boys and see which gender achieves better and why.

For This aim, I will be using both Quantitative and Qualitative information. One of the steps towards approaching my Aim 1 will be using official statistics as it will show me the GCSE results of both girls and boys in the U.K in 1995 and 2008 and it will also show me if there has been any major changes since then and now. I chose this method as it is cheap and easy to access. Also it is accurate, it can be used to show important facts and prove an arguments. Another advantage is that figures can easily be compared like; the difference between the achievements of boys and girls. Also the researcher does not need to spend time and money collecting information and data and before and after studies can me made. It is secondary data as the information has been collected from another person or source; it has not been collected by you. It is also Representative as the answers come from more than one person. The information is easily available from books and the internet, I will be using the internet to access this information. The Disadvantages of using Official Statistics is that the statistics are not always reliable People are likely to lie to make themselves look better; therefore can we trust the methods through which these statistics are obtained? Also the research may have been collected for a different purpose therefore the data will not necessarily reflect the truth (not valid). Lastly by using official statistics it may be hard to explain in words what the research shows.

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My Second step towards approaching my Aim 1 will also be secondary data as I will be using content analysis. I will be using books and newspapers to find out information for my first aim. I have chosen this as it is easy to put into graph (quantify) which I will need to do to show differences between both genders achievements. I will use the Guardian Newspaper to see if there is any news about GCSE results of 2008, when found I will use the information to make a graph which will be easier to understand. I will use ...

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