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Pearson Edexcel International Advanced Level
Tuesday 9 January 2024
Afternoon (Time: 1 hour 30 minutes) Paper
reference WPS03/01
Psychology ⯁ ⯁
International Advanced Level
UNIT 3: Applications of Psychology
You do not need any other materials. Total Marks
Instructions Pearson Edexcel International Advanced Level International Advanced Level
UNIT 3: Applications of Psychology QP JANUARY 2024
•• Use black ink or ball-point pen.
Fill in the boxes at the top of this page with your name,
• Answer
centre number and candidate number.
ALL questions in Section A, and ALL questions from EITHER Option 1
criminological psychology OR Option 2 health psychology.
• Answer the questions in the spaces provided
– there may be more space than you need.
Information
•• The total mark for this paper is 64.
The marks for each question are shown in brackets
– use this as a guide as to how much time to spend on each question.
• The list of formulae and statistical tables are printed at the start of this paper.
• Candidates may use a calculator.
Advice
•• Read each question carefully before you start to answer it.
Check your answers if you have time at the end.
Turn over
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, FORMULAE AND STATISTICAL TABLES
Standard deviation (sample estimate)
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x x 2
n 1
Spearman’s rank correlation coefficient
6d2
n n2 1
1
Critical values for Spearman’s rank
Level of significance for a one-tailed test
0.05 0.025 0.01 0.005 0.0025
Level of significance for a two-tailed test
N 0.10 0.05 0.025 0.01 0.005
5 0.900 1.000 1.000 1.000 1.000
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6 0.829 0.886 0.943 1.000 1.000
7 0.714 0.786 0.893 0.929 0.964
8 0.643 0.738 0.833 0.881 0.905
9 0.600 0.700 0.783 0.833 0.867
10 0.564 0.648 0.745 0.794 0.830
11 0.536 0.618 0.709 0.755 0.800
12 0.503 0.587 0.678 0.727 0.769
13 0.484 0.560 0.648 0.703 0.747
14 0.464 0.538 0.626 0.679 0.723
15 0.446 0.521 0.604 0.654 0.700
16 0.429 0.503 0.582 0.635 0.679
17 0.414 0.485 0.566 0.615 0.662
18 0.401 0.472 0.550 0.600 0.643
19 0.391 0.460 0.535 0.584 0.628
20 0.380 0.447 0.520 0.570 0.612
21 0.370 0.435 0.508 0.556 0.599
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22 0.361 0.425 0.496 0.544 0.586
23 0.353 0.415 0.486 0.532 0.573
24 0.344 0.406 0.476 0.521 0.562
25 0.337 0.398 0.466 0.511 0.551
26 0.331 0.390 0.457 0.501 0.541
27 0.324 0.382 0.448 0.491 0.531
28 0.317 0.375 0.440 0.483 0.522
29 0.312 0.368 0.433 0.475 0.513
30 0.306 0.362 0.425 0.467 0.504
The calculated value must be equal to or exceed the critical value in this table for
significance to be shown.
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, Chi-squared distribution formula
O E
2
X2 df r 1c 1
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E
Critical values for chi-squared distribution
Level of significance for a one-tailed test
0.10 0.05 0.025 0.01 0.005 0.0005
Level of significance for a two-tailed test
df 0.20 0.10 0.05 0.025 0.01 0.001
1 1.64 2.71 3.84 5.02 6.64 10.83
2 3.22 4.61 5.99 7.38 9.21 13.82
3 4.64 6.25 7.82 9.35 11.35 16.27
4 5.99 7.78 9.49 11.14 13.28 18.47
5 7.29 9.24 11.07 12.83 15.09 20.52
6 8.56 10.65 12.59 14.45 16.81 22.46
7 9.80 12.02 14.07 16.01 18.48 24.32
8 11.03 13.36 15.51 17.54 20.09 26.12
9 12.24 14.68 16.92 19.02 21.67 27.88
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10 13.44 15.99 18.31 20.48 23.21 29.59
11 14.63 17.28 19.68 21.92 24.73 31.26
12 15.81 18.55 21.03 23.34 26.22 32.91
13 16.99 19.81 22.36 24.74 27.69 34.53
14 18.15 21.06 23.69 26.12 29.14 36.12
15 19.31 22.31 25.00 27.49 30.58 37.70
16 20.47 23.54 26.30 28.85 32.00 39.25
17 21.62 24.77 27.59 30.19 33.41 40.79
18 22.76 25.99 28.87 31.53 34.81 42.31
19 23.90 27.20 30.14 32.85 36.19 43.82
20 25.04 28.41 31.41 34.17 37.57 45.32
21 26.17 29.62 32.67 35.48 38.93 46.80
22 27.30 30.81 33.92 36.78 40.29 48.27
23 28.43 32.01 35.17 38.08 41.64 49.73
24 29.55 33.20 36.42 39.36 42.98 51.18
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25 30.68 34.38 37.65 40.65 44.31 52.62
26 31.80 35.56 38.89 41.92 45.64 54.05
27 32.91 36.74 40.11 43.20 46.96 55.48
28 34.03 37.92 41.34 44.46 48.28 56.89
29 35.14 39.09 42.56 45.72 49.59 58.30
30 36.25 40.26 43.77 46.98 50.89 59.70
40 47.27 51.81 55.76 59.34 63.69 73.40
50 58.16 63.17 67.51 71.42 76.15 86.66
60 68.97 74.40 79.08 83.30 88.38 99.61
70 79.72 85.53 90.53 95.02 100.43 112.32
The calculated value must be equal to or exceed the critical value in this table for
significance to be shown.
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, Wilcoxon Signed Ranks test process
• Calculate the difference between two scores by taking one from the other
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• Rank the differences giving the smallest difference Rank 1
Note: do not rank any differences of 0 and when adding the number of scores,
do not count those with a difference of 0, and ignore the signs when calculating
the difference
• Add up the ranks for positive differences
• Add up the ranks for negative differences
• T is the figure that is the smallest when the ranks are totalled (may be positive
or negative)
• N is the number of scores left, ignore those with 0 difference
Critical values for the Wilcoxon Signed Ranks test
Level of significance for a one-tailed test
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0.05 0.025 0.01
Level of significance for a two-tailed test
n 0.1 0.05 0.02
N=5 0 – –
6 2 0 –
7 3 2 0
8 5 3 1
9 8 5 3
10 11 8 5
11 13 10 7
12 17 13 9
The calculated value must be equal to or less than the critical value in this table for
significance to be shown.
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Candidate surname Other names
Centre Number Candidate Number
Pearson Edexcel International Advanced Level
Tuesday 9 January 2024
Afternoon (Time: 1 hour 30 minutes) Paper
reference WPS03/01
Psychology ⯁ ⯁
International Advanced Level
UNIT 3: Applications of Psychology
You do not need any other materials. Total Marks
Instructions Pearson Edexcel International Advanced Level International Advanced Level
UNIT 3: Applications of Psychology QP JANUARY 2024
•• Use black ink or ball-point pen.
Fill in the boxes at the top of this page with your name,
• Answer
centre number and candidate number.
ALL questions in Section A, and ALL questions from EITHER Option 1
criminological psychology OR Option 2 health psychology.
• Answer the questions in the spaces provided
– there may be more space than you need.
Information
•• The total mark for this paper is 64.
The marks for each question are shown in brackets
– use this as a guide as to how much time to spend on each question.
• The list of formulae and statistical tables are printed at the start of this paper.
• Candidates may use a calculator.
Advice
•• Read each question carefully before you start to answer it.
Check your answers if you have time at the end.
Turn over
P72149A
©2024 Pearson Education Ltd.
S:1/1/1/1/1/1
, FORMULAE AND STATISTICAL TABLES
Standard deviation (sample estimate)
DO NOT WRITE IN THIS AREA
x x 2
n 1
Spearman’s rank correlation coefficient
6d2
n n2 1
1
Critical values for Spearman’s rank
Level of significance for a one-tailed test
0.05 0.025 0.01 0.005 0.0025
Level of significance for a two-tailed test
N 0.10 0.05 0.025 0.01 0.005
5 0.900 1.000 1.000 1.000 1.000
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6 0.829 0.886 0.943 1.000 1.000
7 0.714 0.786 0.893 0.929 0.964
8 0.643 0.738 0.833 0.881 0.905
9 0.600 0.700 0.783 0.833 0.867
10 0.564 0.648 0.745 0.794 0.830
11 0.536 0.618 0.709 0.755 0.800
12 0.503 0.587 0.678 0.727 0.769
13 0.484 0.560 0.648 0.703 0.747
14 0.464 0.538 0.626 0.679 0.723
15 0.446 0.521 0.604 0.654 0.700
16 0.429 0.503 0.582 0.635 0.679
17 0.414 0.485 0.566 0.615 0.662
18 0.401 0.472 0.550 0.600 0.643
19 0.391 0.460 0.535 0.584 0.628
20 0.380 0.447 0.520 0.570 0.612
21 0.370 0.435 0.508 0.556 0.599
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22 0.361 0.425 0.496 0.544 0.586
23 0.353 0.415 0.486 0.532 0.573
24 0.344 0.406 0.476 0.521 0.562
25 0.337 0.398 0.466 0.511 0.551
26 0.331 0.390 0.457 0.501 0.541
27 0.324 0.382 0.448 0.491 0.531
28 0.317 0.375 0.440 0.483 0.522
29 0.312 0.368 0.433 0.475 0.513
30 0.306 0.362 0.425 0.467 0.504
The calculated value must be equal to or exceed the critical value in this table for
significance to be shown.
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, Chi-squared distribution formula
O E
2
X2 df r 1c 1
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E
Critical values for chi-squared distribution
Level of significance for a one-tailed test
0.10 0.05 0.025 0.01 0.005 0.0005
Level of significance for a two-tailed test
df 0.20 0.10 0.05 0.025 0.01 0.001
1 1.64 2.71 3.84 5.02 6.64 10.83
2 3.22 4.61 5.99 7.38 9.21 13.82
3 4.64 6.25 7.82 9.35 11.35 16.27
4 5.99 7.78 9.49 11.14 13.28 18.47
5 7.29 9.24 11.07 12.83 15.09 20.52
6 8.56 10.65 12.59 14.45 16.81 22.46
7 9.80 12.02 14.07 16.01 18.48 24.32
8 11.03 13.36 15.51 17.54 20.09 26.12
9 12.24 14.68 16.92 19.02 21.67 27.88
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10 13.44 15.99 18.31 20.48 23.21 29.59
11 14.63 17.28 19.68 21.92 24.73 31.26
12 15.81 18.55 21.03 23.34 26.22 32.91
13 16.99 19.81 22.36 24.74 27.69 34.53
14 18.15 21.06 23.69 26.12 29.14 36.12
15 19.31 22.31 25.00 27.49 30.58 37.70
16 20.47 23.54 26.30 28.85 32.00 39.25
17 21.62 24.77 27.59 30.19 33.41 40.79
18 22.76 25.99 28.87 31.53 34.81 42.31
19 23.90 27.20 30.14 32.85 36.19 43.82
20 25.04 28.41 31.41 34.17 37.57 45.32
21 26.17 29.62 32.67 35.48 38.93 46.80
22 27.30 30.81 33.92 36.78 40.29 48.27
23 28.43 32.01 35.17 38.08 41.64 49.73
24 29.55 33.20 36.42 39.36 42.98 51.18
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25 30.68 34.38 37.65 40.65 44.31 52.62
26 31.80 35.56 38.89 41.92 45.64 54.05
27 32.91 36.74 40.11 43.20 46.96 55.48
28 34.03 37.92 41.34 44.46 48.28 56.89
29 35.14 39.09 42.56 45.72 49.59 58.30
30 36.25 40.26 43.77 46.98 50.89 59.70
40 47.27 51.81 55.76 59.34 63.69 73.40
50 58.16 63.17 67.51 71.42 76.15 86.66
60 68.97 74.40 79.08 83.30 88.38 99.61
70 79.72 85.53 90.53 95.02 100.43 112.32
The calculated value must be equal to or exceed the critical value in this table for
significance to be shown.
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, Wilcoxon Signed Ranks test process
• Calculate the difference between two scores by taking one from the other
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• Rank the differences giving the smallest difference Rank 1
Note: do not rank any differences of 0 and when adding the number of scores,
do not count those with a difference of 0, and ignore the signs when calculating
the difference
• Add up the ranks for positive differences
• Add up the ranks for negative differences
• T is the figure that is the smallest when the ranks are totalled (may be positive
or negative)
• N is the number of scores left, ignore those with 0 difference
Critical values for the Wilcoxon Signed Ranks test
Level of significance for a one-tailed test
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0.05 0.025 0.01
Level of significance for a two-tailed test
n 0.1 0.05 0.02
N=5 0 – –
6 2 0 –
7 3 2 0
8 5 3 1
9 8 5 3
10 11 8 5
11 13 10 7
12 17 13 9
The calculated value must be equal to or less than the critical value in this table for
significance to be shown.
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