Interactive Exercises

The following exercises help you to put into practice what you have learnt from the book. All examples are based on real-life student research projects, and feedback is provided at each step of the way so you can check if you're on the right track.

Each answer can be saved in Word if you wish to keep a record of your answer (or the authors' model answer) for revision purposes.

Choose the chapter you would like to practice from the list below [note that clicking on the links below will launch a new window].

Alternatively, you may wish to download the exercises for all chapters.

Chapter 01: Where do I begin?
Chapter 02: Experimental design
Chapter 03: What to do with raw data
Chapter 04: An introduction to hypothesis testing
Chapter 05: Hypothesis testing: Do my data fit an expected ratio?
Chapter 06: Hypothesis testing: Associations and relationships
Chapter 07: Hypothesis testing: Do my samples come from the same population? Parametric data
Chapter 08: Hypothesis testing: Do my samples come from the same population? Non-parametric data
Chapter 09: Research, the law, and you
Chapter 10: Reporting your research

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Interactive Exercises