Ruth is planning an interview to investigate the emotional effect of being a wedding guest.

Mark scheme

Marking points from the official mark scheme (May/June 2021). The mark or mark type is shown in brackets.

1. [1] 1 mark for an open question about emotions
2. Describe how being a wedding guest makes you feel;
3. Describe what emotions you experience when you see a wedding party;
4. Why does being a wedding guest make you happy?
5. [1] 1 mark for a closed question about emotions with answer choices
6. Rate how you feel when you are a wedding guest on a scale of 1 (not happy) to 1 (very happy);
7. When you see a wedding party do you feel happy/sad/jealous/indifferent? yes/no;
8. [3] 1 mark for identification of what Ruth could do to ensure ethical procedure
9. 2 marks for further detail, 1 mark per point
10. For full 3 marks, at least one point should be linked
11. Enable participants to give informed consent; (identification of generic point)
12. So they would know that they might be asked about weddings; (linked detail)
13. So single people could choose not to participate if they didn't want to; (linked detail)
14. Debrief participants afterwards; (identification of generic)
15. So any harm done could be reversed; (generic detail)
16. So divorced participants could be reassured to return them to their previous state; (linked detail)
17. Give wedding guests the right to withdraw; (identification of generic point)
18. So if they were upset by a question they could ignore it; (generic detail)
19. So that people were not harmed; (generic detail)