Skill Area E: Evaluating
Programme of study requirements
Candidates should be taught to:
  1. consider anomalous data, giving reasons for rejecting or accepting them, and consider the reliability of data in terms of uncertainty of measurements and observations
  2. consider whether the evidence collected is sufficient to support any conclusions or interpretations made
  3. suggest improvements to the methods used
  4. suggest further investigations.



Mark description
The mark descriptions are designed to be hierarchical.
All work should be assessed in the context of the specification content.
Candidates: Increasing demand of activity
2 marks E.2a make a relevant comment about the procedure used or the evidence obtained progressively harder tasks
4 marks E.4a comment on the quality of the evidence, identifying any anomalies

E.4b comment on the suitability of the procedure and, where appropriate, suggest changes to improve it
6 marks E.6a consider critically the reliability of the evidence and whether it is sufficient to support the conclusion, accounting for any anomalies

E.6b describe, in detail, further work to provide additional relevant evidence

RGS coursework guidelines
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