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October/November 2025 · 9702/38 · Question 1(a)
Open Question 1(a) in your own authorized copy of the October/November 2025 · 9702/38 paper. Read the original question before writing your response below.
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Your answer
Jeff’s skill checklist
Use this checklist to reflect on your work. It is not an official answer or mark scheme.
- Identify the relationship being investigated and the quantities you must measure.
- Name the independent, dependent and controlled variables, then describe a fair method.
- Plan a suitable range and enough readings to reveal the relationship.
- Describe how you would set up and use the apparatus safely and consistently.
- Choose an instrument with suitable resolution and read it correctly.
- Record raw readings with headings, units and a sensible number of decimal places.