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Paper 2 Research Methods and Topics in Sociology
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Mark scheme
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June 2023
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Version:n1.0nFinal
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MarknschemesnarenpreparednbynthenLeadnAssessmentnWriternandnconsidered,ntogethernwithnthenrelevantn
questions,nbynanpanelnofnsubjectnteachers.nThisnmarknschemenincludesnanynamendmentsnmadenatnthensta
ndardisationneventsnwhichnallnassociatesnparticipateninnandnisnthenschemenwhichnwasnusednbynthemninnthisn
examination.nThenstandardisationnprocessnensuresnthatnthenmarknschemencoversnthenstudents’nresponse
sntonquestionsnandnthatneverynassociatenunderstandsnandnappliesnitninnthensamencorrectnway.
Asnpreparationnfornstandardisationneachnassociatenanalysesnannumbernofnstudents’nscripts.nAlternativenansw
ersnnotnalreadyncoverednbynthenmarknschemenarendiscussednandnlegislatednfor.nIf,nafternthenstandardisationnp
rocess,nassociatesnencounternunusualnanswersnwhichnhavennotnbeennraisedntheynarenrequiredntonrefernthesen
tonthenLeadnExaminer.
Itnmustnbenstressednthatnanmarknschemenisnanworkingndocument,ninnmanyncasesnfurtherndevelopednandne
xpandednonnthenbasisnofnstudents’nreactionsntonanparticularnpaper.nAssumptionsnaboutnfuturenmarknsche
mesnonnthenbasisnofnonenyear’sndocumentnshouldnbenavoided;nwhilstnthenguidingnprinciplesnofnassessme
ntnremainnconstant,ndetailsnwillnchange,ndependingnonnthencontentnofnanparticularnexaminationnpaper.
Furtherncopiesnofnthisnmarknschemenarenavailablenfromnaqa.org.uk
Copyrightninformation
AQAnretainsnthencopyrightnonnallnitsnpublications.nHowever,nregisterednschools/collegesnfornAQAnarenpermittedntoncopynmaterialnfromnthisnbookletnforntheirn
ownninternalnuse,nwithnthenfollowingnimportantnexception:nAQAncannotngivenpermissionntonschools/collegesntonphotocopynanynmaterialnthatnisnacknowledge
dntonanthirdnpartynevennforninternalnusenwithinnthencentre.
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Level of response marking instructions
n n n n
Levelnofnresponsenmarknschemesnarenbrokenndownnintonlevels,neachnofnwhichnhasnandescriptor.nThendescript
ornfornthenlevelnshowsnthenaveragenperformancenfornthenlevel.nTherenarenmarksninneachnlevel.
Beforenyounapplynthenmarknschementonanstudent’snanswernreadnthroughnthenanswernandnannotatenitn(asni
nstructed)ntonshownthenqualitiesnthatnarenbeingnlookednfor.nYouncannthennapplynthenmarknscheme.
Step 1 Determine a level
n n n n
Startnatnthenlowestnlevelnofnthenmarknschemenandnusenitnasnanladderntonseenwhethernthenanswernmeetsnthend
escriptornfornthatnlevel.nThendescriptornfornthenlevelnindicatesnthendifferentnqualitiesnthatnmightnbenseenninnth
enstudent’snanswernfornthatnlevel.nIfnitnmeetsnthenlowestnlevelnthenngontonthennextnonenandndecidenifnitnmeets
nthisnlevel,nandnsonon,nuntilnyounhavenanmatchnbetweennthenlevelndescriptornandnthenanswer.nWithnpracticen
andnfamiliaritynyounwillnfindnthatnfornbetternanswersnyounwillnbenablentonquicklynskipnthroughnthenlowernlevels
nof nthenmarknscheme.
Whennassigningnanlevelnyounshouldnlooknatnthenoverallnqualitynofnthenanswernandnnotnlookntonpicknholesninns
mallnandnspecificnpartsnofnthenanswernwherenthenstudentnhasnnotnperformednquitenasnwellnasnthenrest.nIfnthen
answerncoversndifferentnaspectsnofndifferentnlevelsnofnthenmarknschemenyounshouldnusenanbestnfitnapproachn
forndefiningnthenlevelnandnthennusenthenvariabilitynofnthenresponsentonhelpndecidenthenmarknwithinnthenlevel,ni
enifnthenresponsenisnpredominantlynleveln3nwithnansmallnamountnofnleveln4nmaterialnitnwouldnbenplacedninnleve
ln3nbutnbenawardednanmarknnearnthentopnofnthenlevelnbecausenofnthenleveln4ncontent.
Step 2 Determine a mark
n n n n
Oncenyounhavenassignednanlevelnyounneedntondecidenonnthenmark.nThendescriptorsnonnhowntonallocatenmar
ksncannhelpnwithnthis.nThenexemplarnmaterialsnusednduringnstandardisationnwillnhelp.nTherenwillnbenannansw
erninnthenstandardisingnmaterialsnwhichnwillncorrespondnwithneachnlevelnofnthenmarknscheme.nThisnanswern
willnhavenbeennawardednanmarknbynthenLeadnExaminer.nYouncanncomparenthenstudent’snanswernwithnthene
xamplentondeterminenifnitnisnthensamenstandard,nbetternornworsenthannthenexample.nYouncannthennusenthisnton
allocatenanmarknfornthenanswernbasednonnthenLeadnExaminer’snmarknonnthenexample.
Younmaynwellnneedntonreadnbacknthroughnthenanswernasnyounapplynthenmarknschementonclarifynpointsnandna
ssurenyourselfnthatnthenlevelnandnthenmarknarenappropriate.
Indicativencontentninnthenmarknschemenisnprovidednasnanguidenfornexaminers.nItnisnnotnintendedntonben
exhaustivenandnyounmustncreditnothernvalidnpoints.nStudentsndonnotnhaventoncovernallnofnthenpointsnm
entionedninnthenIndicativencontentntonreachnthenhighestnlevelnofnthenmarknscheme.
Annanswernwhichncontainsnnothingnofnrelevancentonthenquestionnmustnbenawardednnonmarks.
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SOCIOLOGY
7191/2
Paper 2 Research Methods and Topics in Sociology
n n n n n n n
Mark scheme
n
June 2023
n
Version:n1.0nFinal
*236a7191/2/MS*
, MARKnSCHEMEn–nASnSOCIOLOGYn–n7191/2n–nJUNEn2023
MarknschemesnarenpreparednbynthenLeadnAssessmentnWriternandnconsidered,ntogethernwithnthenrelevantn
questions,nbynanpanelnofnsubjectnteachers.nThisnmarknschemenincludesnanynamendmentsnmadenatnthensta
ndardisationneventsnwhichnallnassociatesnparticipateninnandnisnthenschemenwhichnwasnusednbynthemninnthisn
examination.nThenstandardisationnprocessnensuresnthatnthenmarknschemencoversnthenstudents’nresponse
sntonquestionsnandnthatneverynassociatenunderstandsnandnappliesnitninnthensamencorrectnway.
Asnpreparationnfornstandardisationneachnassociatenanalysesnannumbernofnstudents’nscripts.nAlternativenansw
ersnnotnalreadyncoverednbynthenmarknschemenarendiscussednandnlegislatednfor.nIf,nafternthenstandardisationnp
rocess,nassociatesnencounternunusualnanswersnwhichnhavennotnbeennraisedntheynarenrequiredntonrefernthesen
tonthenLeadnExaminer.
Itnmustnbenstressednthatnanmarknschemenisnanworkingndocument,ninnmanyncasesnfurtherndevelopednandne
xpandednonnthenbasisnofnstudents’nreactionsntonanparticularnpaper.nAssumptionsnaboutnfuturenmarknsche
mesnonnthenbasisnofnonenyear’sndocumentnshouldnbenavoided;nwhilstnthenguidingnprinciplesnofnassessme
ntnremainnconstant,ndetailsnwillnchange,ndependingnonnthencontentnofnanparticularnexaminationnpaper.
Furtherncopiesnofnthisnmarknschemenarenavailablenfromnaqa.org.uk
Copyrightninformation
AQAnretainsnthencopyrightnonnallnitsnpublications.nHowever,nregisterednschools/collegesnfornAQAnarenpermittedntoncopynmaterialnfromnthisnbookletnforntheirn
ownninternalnuse,nwithnthenfollowingnimportantnexception:nAQAncannotngivenpermissionntonschools/collegesntonphotocopynanynmaterialnthatnisnacknowledge
dntonanthirdnpartynevennforninternalnusenwithinnthencentre.
Copyrightn©n2023nAQAnandnitsnlicensors.nAllnrightsnreserved.
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, MARKnSCHEMEn–nASnSOCIOLOGYn–n7191/2n–nJUNEn2023
Level of response marking instructions
n n n n
Levelnofnresponsenmarknschemesnarenbrokenndownnintonlevels,neachnofnwhichnhasnandescriptor.nThendescript
ornfornthenlevelnshowsnthenaveragenperformancenfornthenlevel.nTherenarenmarksninneachnlevel.
Beforenyounapplynthenmarknschementonanstudent’snanswernreadnthroughnthenanswernandnannotatenitn(asni
nstructed)ntonshownthenqualitiesnthatnarenbeingnlookednfor.nYouncannthennapplynthenmarknscheme.
Step 1 Determine a level
n n n n
Startnatnthenlowestnlevelnofnthenmarknschemenandnusenitnasnanladderntonseenwhethernthenanswernmeetsnthend
escriptornfornthatnlevel.nThendescriptornfornthenlevelnindicatesnthendifferentnqualitiesnthatnmightnbenseenninnth
enstudent’snanswernfornthatnlevel.nIfnitnmeetsnthenlowestnlevelnthenngontonthennextnonenandndecidenifnitnmeets
nthisnlevel,nandnsonon,nuntilnyounhavenanmatchnbetweennthenlevelndescriptornandnthenanswer.nWithnpracticen
andnfamiliaritynyounwillnfindnthatnfornbetternanswersnyounwillnbenablentonquicklynskipnthroughnthenlowernlevels
nof nthenmarknscheme.
Whennassigningnanlevelnyounshouldnlooknatnthenoverallnqualitynofnthenanswernandnnotnlookntonpicknholesninns
mallnandnspecificnpartsnofnthenanswernwherenthenstudentnhasnnotnperformednquitenasnwellnasnthenrest.nIfnthen
answerncoversndifferentnaspectsnofndifferentnlevelsnofnthenmarknschemenyounshouldnusenanbestnfitnapproachn
forndefiningnthenlevelnandnthennusenthenvariabilitynofnthenresponsentonhelpndecidenthenmarknwithinnthenlevel,ni
enifnthenresponsenisnpredominantlynleveln3nwithnansmallnamountnofnleveln4nmaterialnitnwouldnbenplacedninnleve
ln3nbutnbenawardednanmarknnearnthentopnofnthenlevelnbecausenofnthenleveln4ncontent.
Step 2 Determine a mark
n n n n
Oncenyounhavenassignednanlevelnyounneedntondecidenonnthenmark.nThendescriptorsnonnhowntonallocatenmar
ksncannhelpnwithnthis.nThenexemplarnmaterialsnusednduringnstandardisationnwillnhelp.nTherenwillnbenannansw
erninnthenstandardisingnmaterialsnwhichnwillncorrespondnwithneachnlevelnofnthenmarknscheme.nThisnanswern
willnhavenbeennawardednanmarknbynthenLeadnExaminer.nYouncanncomparenthenstudent’snanswernwithnthene
xamplentondeterminenifnitnisnthensamenstandard,nbetternornworsenthannthenexample.nYouncannthennusenthisnton
allocatenanmarknfornthenanswernbasednonnthenLeadnExaminer’snmarknonnthenexample.
Younmaynwellnneedntonreadnbacknthroughnthenanswernasnyounapplynthenmarknschementonclarifynpointsnandna
ssurenyourselfnthatnthenlevelnandnthenmarknarenappropriate.
Indicativencontentninnthenmarknschemenisnprovidednasnanguidenfornexaminers.nItnisnnotnintendedntonben
exhaustivenandnyounmustncreditnothernvalidnpoints.nStudentsndonnotnhaventoncovernallnofnthenpointsnm
entionedninnthenIndicativencontentntonreachnthenhighestnlevelnofnthenmarknscheme.
Annanswernwhichncontainsnnothingnofnrelevancentonthenquestionnmustnbenawardednnonmarks.
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