In this video, we will discuss how to compare your results to the accepted scientific context.
We will see how to refer to your background information and how to draw a final conclusion.
This section is marked under the evaluation criterion.
The key here is to compare your results to the outcome of similar investigations done
by other people.
One example of this is comparing the value you found for a known physical quantity,
for instance gravitational acceleration, to the actual accepted value of this quantity.
Another example would be to find articles about similar experiments and compare your
results to the investigation described in these articles.
In step two, you carried out research and wrote a background information section.
Now it is time to refer back to your initial findings and compare these to the data you
collected.
After this, you will be ready to draw a final conclusion.
Let's see how this is done in the example IA.
Here I refer back to the sources used in my background information section, explain how
they compare with the results, and evaluate my hypothesis based on my data and outside
sources.
This section of the example IA is probably a bit too short and simple to score in the
highest mark band.
However, I decided not to add more information, because for now I wanted to keep things simple
and straightforward.
I will discuss in another video how to maximize your score in this section.
The main takeaway for now is that you should compare your results to the work of others.
This completes step seven action two.
Now you know how to compare your results to the accepted scientific context.
In the next video, we will discuss how to evaluate the strengths of your method.