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consulted" or data has been*athered" that is relevant tothe (.

0here the researchquestion does not lend itself to systematic investi*ation

in the context of anextended essay" themaximum level that can beawarded is

/as relevant material beencarefully selected?

/as the investi*ation beenwell planned?

Secondary 'esearch

1) /as a ran*e of secondaryresources been used?

• includin* internet" textboo's"

research literature,ournals

• materials sourced from the

business itself

• statistical data 2internet"

*overnment depts." bi3 researchor*ns or industry analysts)

)/ave youexplained,analysed evidencewhich is con4ictin*?

!)/as the reliability of thesecondary sources beenevaluated?

• /as attention been paid tothe author of the site and tothe or*ani3ations sponsorin*it 2if there were any)" and hasthe credibility beenconsidered?

$) /as the information beenclearly and systematicallypresented?

-rimary 'esearch1) Is the primary research


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used carefully planned?

) +oes it ensure that it willenhance the value of theresearch underta'en?

!)+oes it provide specic

quantitative and qualitativeanalysis directly related to the(?

+.no/led"e andnderstandin" of theto$ic studied

show detailed 'nowled*eand understandin* of topic

bein* researched" and itsacademic context.

0here the researchquestion does not lend itself to systematic investi*ationin the context of anextended essay" themaximum level that can beawarded is .

1) /as detailed 'nowled*eand understandin* of thetopic bein* researchedshown" and its academiccontext?

) /as relevant lin's betweenthe topic and relevantbusiness theories andtechniques beendemonstrated?

!) /as the above inter5relationships beenexplicitly explained toreveal a clear 'nowled*eand understandin*?

$) /as a ran*e of sourcesbeen used? 2todemonstrate anappropriate level of'nowled*e andunderstandin*)

* ,

6'easoned ar"ument

The extent to which theessay

1) /as the ( been clearlylin'ed to the conclusionin a clear" structured

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• uses materialscollected to presentideas in a lo*ical andcoherent manner

• develops a reasonedar*ument in relationto the (

0here the researchquestion does not lend itself to systematic investi*ationin the context of anextended essay" themaximum level that can beawarded is .

and lo*ical way?

) /as valid and persuasivear*ument developed interms of &usiness andm*mt context in thecontext of business

theory used?

!) /as the lin's betweenthe ( and theconclusion beendeveloped in a coherent"4owin* and structuredway that is valid andpersuasively presented?

$) Is there evidence ofclear lin's between thedata and evidencepresented and thear*uments developedfrom the data?

1) as strai"htfor/arddescri$ti%e ornarrati%e accounts

been used3

74$$lication of analyticaland e%aluati%e skillsa$$ro$riate to thesubject

1) /ave you demonstrateda sophisticatedapplication of analyticaland evaluative s'ills?

) /ave you used the dataand business theory toassess ar*umentsrelatin* to the variousaspects of the topic

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under consideration?

!) /ave you considered therelative value andimportance of particularar*uments in answerin*the (?

4) /as reasoned andsupported ud*mentsbeen made usin*evaluative s'ills?

8 se of 5an"ua"ea$$ro$riate to thesubject

1) /as business lan*ua*eand terminolo*y beenused clearly andprecisely?

) /as this terminolo*ybeen used

• consistently

throu*hout theessay

• considerin* thecontext of the

ar*uments bein*used?

* ,

/ Conclusion The extent towhich the essayincorporates a conclusionthat is relevant to theresearch question and isconsistent with theevidence presented in the

essay

1) /ave you included aconclusion to your researchquestion?

* 2

) Is your conclusionconsistent with the ar*umentor explanation presented in

the essay?


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!)99+oes the conclusioninclude unresolved questionsand recommendations forfuture investi*ation?

$) as ne/ or extraneous

matter been introduced

1) as material from theintroduction been re$eated

:) /as a new synthesis beenpresented in the li*ht of thediscussion?

I6ormal $resentationextent to which essayconsistently conforms toacademicstandards2 standard format)

(equired elements; title pa*e"table of contents" pa*e numbers"illustrative materials" quotations"documentation 2includin*references" citations and biblio)and appendices 2if used)

It biblio is omitted or noreferences for quotations 2level %)

If one of the required elements isomitted 2-ax level )

If two of the required elements isomitted 2-ax level 1)


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standard method of listin*sources?

Indicate which method you have followed.

:c) Is the biblio*raphy written

in alphabetical order?

>) +oes the appendix includeonly information , data that isrequired in support of thetext?

4bstract The adequacy ofthe formal abstract as aoverview of the essay

2not ud*ed on quality of (itself nor on the quality ofconclusions)

To include clearly the ("how the investi*ation wasunderta'en and theconclusion of the essay

1) 0as the abstract writtenafter the essay has beencompleted?

* 2

) Is the abstract within !%%words?

!) /as the research questionbeen included?$) /ave the 'ey areas andsections 2ie.


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in order to answer thequestion?

=) /as the conclusion beenincluded in the abstract?

• /as the conclusion beenstated in a simple andstrai*htforward manner?

• /as it been stated in

the nal para*raph of theabstract

• +oes the conclusion inthe abstract start with; @In

conclusion . . . @ or @Afterresearchin* the issues" myconclusion2s) . .

:) /as the abstract beentyped on one side of a sheet of paper and placed immediatelyafter the title pa*e?

olistic jud"ement 7

+ntellectual initiati%e:

• hoice of research qn

• Bature and breadth of theory chosen toanswer (

• &readth of research

sources

• Ima*ination used in

sourcin* relevant data

1) 6xplain in what ways youhave displayed personally

en*a*ement in this proect?

* ,

) 6xplain the initiative youhave ta'en to complete theproect.

!) 6xplain how you havedisplayed depth of

understandin*" insi*ht"inventiveness and 4air in your


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