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1. Just to make it clear - we will not give you a topic for your EE, but we will help you refine and expand on your original ideas for a topic. You are marked on your choice of topic so we can't help you with that.
2. Before doing anything, read the Extended Essay for Dummies thread. At the very least, we recommend you take a look at the 5 Cardinal Rules of the EE!
3. Before asking anything about format or requirements for the extended essay, we suggest you read the IB Extended Essay Guide first (which you can download from here).
4. Make your thread titles descriptive. At the minimum, mention the subject area and if you have one, the topic! For instance "History EE on Nazi Propaganda" is better than "EE help please". The people who know about history and nazi propaganda will click on the first thread and probably miss the second one. Help us to help you - give it an accurate title!
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There have been many questions about citation and referencing. Here are some good links to help you: MLA Guides http://www.utoledo.edu/library/help/guides/docs/MLAstyle.pdf Footnote Instructions and Samples http://www.aresearchguide.com/7footnot.html http://www.aresearchguide.com/samplefootnote.html http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/04/ http://fc.lovett.org/~rmartin/footnotes/ http://dept.dawsoncollege.qc.ca/stylesheet/mla-foot.htm Bibliography / Works cited page Instructions and Samples http://www.easybib.com/ (automatic) http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/06/ http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/12/ http://www.aresearchguide.com/sampl…
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Want to share the title of your extended essay? Or perhaps need help choosing one? This is the place. Psychology - The Psychology of Road Rage: A discussion of psychological explanations of road rage and policy implications.
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The title is pretty much self-explanatory (lol) but if not, this is a post about writing an a1 language ee, primarily focused on english obviously, and based largely on personal experience. If you have any questions about this post (turned out longer than I expected!) or the ee itself, send me a message. Also, if you have a draft and are looking for feedback, I might be able to help. Ground rules first - you need to have a good grasp of your the language you are writing your extended essay (latin and ancient greek possibly excepted) -- and this probably means a good grade in the relevant class. Choosing good supervisor, and one you are on good terms with, is also a good i…
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My IB Coordinator told me that it is super rare to get an A in EE and the majority of people get a C on EE... is that really good then? is getting an A practically impossible? i was just wondering what other people got...
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Hey guys! so while i was going through the threads, i saw that none of them actually gave good pointers on how to write a very good abstract. So i've got a few notes which i'll share with everyone. They were handouts which my supervisor had given me, but i just condensed it into one. Good luck! HOW TO WRITE AN ABSTRACT An abstract is a concise, stand-alone statement that conveys the essential information contained in an article, book, research paper, or document. Written in a direct non-repetitive style, the abstract should: - Identify the problem (research question of thesis) investigated. - Describe the scope or method of investigation. - Summarize the results. - …
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Extended Essay for Dummies How to Start Your Extended Essay, How to Avoid Last Minute Panics, How to Effectively Get Help with your Extended Essay and More About to start your EE? Have you read the IBO Extended Essay Guide yet? If not, read it before continuing! Also please note - start a new thread if you want help with your EE! People do not regularly read this thread and you may not get a response. 1. So what exactly IS the Extended Essay? This is actually an extremely important post for many people to read, because many people fail to understand the significance of exactly what makes the Extended Essay unique, and go off in completely the wrong direction! It i…
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hey guys im doing a survey for my ee on itgs. Only answer questions that apply to you http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/W2ZDTTP
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Hi all, I just replied to a specific/topic-based EE question, and I'll repost my reply here as some of the hints/tips/advice/comments could be useful to others Ok, so it's been over a year since I did my EE, but I'll try my best to give you some help/tips. - Your topic is wayyyyyyyyyyy too broad for an EE. You should try and make it a local topic, even if it's from a broad origin. I did mine on the effect of falling economic growth (as measured by GDP) in Australia (very broad) on the residential property market of the Brisbane postal code of 4000 (extremely specific). Ultimately I didn't like my topic as there were too many variables, but I managed to still get an…
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The word limit for the EE is 4000 words. If you go over this limit you lose marks. There is no minimum but for most subjects, you should expect to go above 3500 words. For experiment based subjects like sciences or math you can go as low as 2500 if there is sufficient formulae working (math) or data (sciences) or other things not included in the word count but suffices to show that you've done work on the essay. The word limit for the Abstract is separate and is 300 words. The following are not included in the word count: footnotes, appendices, abstract. Any direct quotations included in the body of the essay are included in the word count. If you don't want to include…
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Here are the links to the Extended Essay examples we have on our Files archive. To be able to download files, you have to be a VIP member or a VIP subscriber. Please see the FAQfor information on how to become a VIP or how to buy a VIP subscription. If you want to donate and contribute files to our archive, please see this announcementor this FAQ section. Extended Essays Biology & Environmental Systems Chemistry Economics and Bussiness & Management Group 6 History Language A1 Language B Mathematics Other Group 3 subjects Physics Psychology
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Its hilarious to think of a site that is considering helping future students when their time is so limited especially on an IB basis. How can new users "benefit from [the site]" when you are proposing them to post 100 comments/posts. I mean take my intention as an example. I want my second post to be an economic guide to "benefit [the site]" ,with my essay attached to it, but how would it be possible for me to open my own essay, or my other friends'. T_T [administrator] ; Dues, lc, and hms, please see to my request upon giving more acknowledgeable privileges to the new IB'ers. I understand by what you meant when you thought that people could "benefit themselves only". B…
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hey... me doin my essay on ants.....repelling ants using common household materials like vinegar, turmeric, lemon, cucumber.....and many more.....its interesting.......getting positive results........almost complete.......... BUT CAN ANYONE FRAME A RESEARCH QUESTION FOR ME PLZ
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im struggling to come up with a topic for my business extended essay, i was thinking of smt to do with how fast fashion affects the bigger brands but idkkkkk i need potenial ideas, im rlly sturgglingg
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I am currently choosing my EE topic in biology i really don’t like experiments but my supervisor is trying to convince me that I should stick with experiment based topucs. Any advice?
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So I was 'allocated' Economics by my school as my EE subject based on my preference, my skill set, and teacher recommendation. However, I want to major in psychology. Would it be better for me to do my EE in psychology? I am okay to do my EE in economics I just don't want it to affect my uni application since economics is not my choice of major.
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I am coming to the point where i am meant to start writing my ee but i haven't seen any example ones and i can't find any on this website, so I have no idea how to start it. If you could give me any advice it would be much appreciated.
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It looks like most of the excellent 50 extended essays doesn't include Business and Management examples. Is it extremely hard to get an A for extended essay in Business and Management? Please comment on my research question: To what extent is the marketing strategy of Starbucks effective globally and how does it affect the newly built Starbucks branch outlet at Xiamen, China in 2010? Is this understandable, if not, are there any suggestions to improve it? I'm pretty sure key terms are missing from the research question but I don't have the list with me. My idea is to take a look of the global marketing and how did it affect on new outlets on a certain region. Is it too …
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Hello Guys, this is my first post here. It's a very nice community to have. I need help on my EE specific topic from the general topic of the side effects of gaming. My first research question, which was destined to be rejected the first moment I decided, was: To what extent are the researches about violence caused by gaming true? The teacher said that I can use "To what extent does gaming cause violence" To which I modified it to, "To what extent do violent video games cause violence" And then, again the teacher said: that I need to rephrase it to a better question. But then, she sent me links showing the "GOOD" side of gaming, about how it can save the world, and stuff,…
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Hey guys !! I have a quick question... I am currently writing my Extended Essay in History and I know there is the requirement that it is 10 years in the past. But am I allowed to include how the event I am talking about has impacted the future? I am currently writing about the open drug scenes in Switzerland that happened in the late 90s, so 10 years in the past. But I wanted to include how the measurement included have changed Switzerland's drug use, but I am unsure if I am allowed to do that? Does anyone have experience with this and could help? Thank you!!
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Hi, I have been researching about the EE subjects and I am particularly interested in the health and development category under world studies as I plan to go into health related careers. However, I am a little confused as to what the criteria regarding this subject is. My initial idea was to write about Chinese traditional medicine or more specifically, acupuncture. However, after reading some websites regarding what a world studies essay entails, I am a little confused. I understand that for world studies, I need to focus in on a global issue? and that I need to consider multiple disciplines? So does traditional medicine not work as a topic? or is there a way for …
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So I would really like it if I finished my extended essay over the summer or at least finish a big chunk of it. I came to the conclusion that I want to write my extended essay about cyber security of something similar to that. I've done some research and I think I want my essay to be about how cyber attacks have affected millions of people and businesses and stuff such as the past cyber attacks on Google, VISA, Mastercard and so on. I'm not quite sure what my question should be though. The essay will probably be using the IB subjects CS/Business or CS alone. I would really appreciate you guys helping me! Thanks! Update: Thanks for the reply Nomenclature I actually di…
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Hello, I want to do an EE on assessing the nutritional profile of different vegetables to see if being organic or not makes a difference. I am not sure if this is too used or similar to other EE's (like one's based on vitamin C). Furthermore, I am not completely sure if it falls under a chemistry or biology EE. Any help will be much appreciated. Thank you!
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Hey guys, I finished my Y1 with IB and this summer I've been trying hard to finalize my topic for the EE. I know it's a little late not to have a topic so I reeaaallllyyy need your help on this I'm thinking of writing one on bitcoin but I don't know which IB economics concepts would apply. I'm specifically interested in the risks of bitcoin and how it will impact the economy in the future. I could look at the determinants of demand in the case of bitcoin, or talk about price levels, but I'm not sure whether those would work. I guess bitcoin is related to money supply, but how would I graph this? I'm just really confused and need some help. Any suggestions/ad…
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How original should the research question be? So, I came up with an idea and decided to carry on with it but then I came across an old essay which is quite similar. Is it fine if I take the same question but change the company (the question is about) and a few other things like one part of it (while the other one will be similar)? The EE was on Business Management btw.
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Hey guys! I've been doing my Extended Essay about the Traveling Salesman Problem, but now I realize I'm not sure about my Research Question, and by the way, not even the subject (Math or Computer Science). I wonder if you could give me some feedback on it. My actual research question is: Proving the Traveling Salesman Problem is an NP-Complete problem. I'm thinking about maybe changing it to see how a specific algorithm (the simplex one, by Dantzig) actually helped to solve large instances of the TSP. Help, please, I'm lost. Thank you in advance!
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im doing english a EE in Hemingway's short stories. i want to research about Nick adams, but i dont have any idea about research question, can anyone suggest me any ideas? ASAP
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Hi, I'm doing my EE work on mold growth rates in bread, more specifically on the effect salt has on them. I'm proposing that an exponential function could model the growth rates. I used Logger Pro to do curve fits for all my data sets, and I got curves with root mean square errors of 1.729 , 1.730 and 0.3291. I'm wondering if I can use those values somehow to support my theory of exponential growth. Thanks in advance.
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I''m having a bit of trouble with thinking of possible research questions for my architecture EE. So far I have two possible ones, and even now I'm not sure if they are worded correctly, (1) "To what extent was Frank Lloyd Wright's use of his natural sources around him the inspiration of his designs?" and (2) "To what extent were other architecture's works reflected upon by Frank Lloyd Wright's builds?"
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It is the first of December of my first year and I have still not even picked any material to analyze for my EE, as each one of my ideas gets rejected to the point that I am out of options. I have selected Perfume, A Clockwork Orange, Berserk, The Hobbit and some others, and each one just does not sit right with my supervisor. She instead gave me two books to work on, A Pearl by Steinbeck and The Old Man And The Sea by Hemingway, which... really haven't been able to interest me enough to analyze. Besides, they are simply not the genre that I am interested in. I have recently asked my supervisor about the option to analyze Carrie by Stephen King, but she gave me a vague an…
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My computer topic is the performance evaluation of RSA and DES. I have done watched YouTube video to aid in understanding both encryption methods. I have found a problem finding research papers to help in my research work and have a problem with essay outline development. Any help will be greatly appreciated. Thank you in advance
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I know that the essay is suppose to be Intro Thesis statement argument 1 argument 2 argument 3 (continue till you are happy with the number of arguments) conclusion However, my question is mainly centered around the body part, how should they be formatted? Should it be in terms of for example, Lets say I'm arguing that causes and effects of the Mexican-American war (I'm not doing this but just an example) Would for example I follow this way for each argument? Point: Evidence: Explain (briefly): Evidence (again): Explai…
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My EE RQ is due soon and my question so far is "To what extent did WWII lead to the decolonization of India?" But I've been told that's not specific enough. Can someone help making it more specific? I thought of "To what extent did WWII lead to the British Decolonization of India by 1947?" But I dont know.
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Hello, I am having trouble narrowing my Research question, i believe it in its current state is very broad. My EE question after a few hours of brainstorming came out to be - "How can Independent Gaming Industry (Indie Games) help foster computer development culture in India" or "How has Independent Gaming changed from 1970 onwards" I feel both of them focus on one aspect of things, but considering the ITGS Strands 1 - 2 - 3, i am not very sure if they fit each of them properly. Thank You for the Feedback.
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Hey guys, I have vacation going on, so i thought i would use this time to think of an EE topic in advance. So what I was planning to do is comparing Frankenstein - Mary shelley and The Strange case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde - Robert Louis Stevenson. I would like to know if this is a good topic to go ahead with. I've emailed my english teacher about this but he is not replying at all. I would really like it if anyone could give me their opinion or advice on this. Thank you in advance.
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Hey guys I'm doing a history EE on the south african apartheid, my question is already approved and I have some points to talk about I just want to know if they are good/if I forgot anything import To what extent was Nelson Mandela responsible for the transition from apartheid to democracy in South Africa by 1995? Although Nelson Mandela served a profound impact in the process of transitioning apartheid to democracy, other factors played an equal if not more profound role in the transition. Other Factors I'll talk about: During the 1980 sustained protests, gorilla attacks, International pressure and economic decline we can the aparth…
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Hello all, New to the forum, but kind of need some help narrowing down the topic of Bitcoin as a research question! So here's what I have gathered/thought about so far: Bitcoin is an interesting virtual-currency that somehow stood out from all of the other virtual currencies such as in game coins in video games It's similar to a currency, but can not be considered one due to the lack of government support It's risks are high as cryptography may not be advanced enough to be hacker-proof It's emerging steadily as more investors look into this form of currency/commodity It's core is basically in place, now still needs more advancing Traditional economists dislike the idea of…
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Hi people, I have to give my Proposal form tomorrow and I already wrote it kind of but, what do I need to include? Is it like a rationale but longer? Is their a template or sample I could have? Thanks!! PS: I'm writing my EE on asian female migration to the US in the early 1900s compared to nowadays migration.
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Hi, toward the end of my junior year I was told to pick an extended essay topic. I picked a random topic because they didn't tell us that we needed to do that until the last minute as usual. It's the beginning of my senior year and now that I actually have to write about the topic I'm so bored and would like to write about something else under the same subject but I'm not sure if it's too late to change it. I'm afraid to ask because my school gaslights the IB students and pretty much gives us no support. We weren't told anything about IB until our junior year and now we're all struggling. Edit: I was able to change my topic
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Hey, I´m currently starting my DP2 year and I really need to start working on my EE. I´m doing my EE in English language and literature. The topic of my EE currently is "Represantation of societal problems in rap music" this means that my EE falls in the category 3. I´ve been trying really hard to find a sample EE in this category, but I just can´t find any . If anyone has written their EE in this category or written an EE about song text analysis I would be super thankful if you could share it with me, because right now I honestly have absolutly no clue what I´m supposed to do.
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I am planning to do my EE in biology. I want to know how many research papers are ideal to use for a secondary data paper?
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I would like to write my EE about architecture. However I don't want to do that in visual arts but in a different subject such as Geography for example. A question I have thought of is "To what extend does the structure and shape of a construction influence the renewable heat requirement of a building?" Is it possible to formulate a similar question so it fits the criteria for an EE in Geography? Do you have any general suggestions for me? Thanks in advance!
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Hey, I would like to write my extended essay about architecture, but as we don't have helpful visual arts teacher at our school I would actually like to write about it in a different subject such as Geography or English B. I have already thought of a research question (not finished though). It was "To what extend does the structure and shape of a construction influence the renewable heat requirement of a building?" Can someone please tell me how I could use this kind of topic in an IB subject.
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So I'm doing a math EE and I my topic is stress on students and their coping habits. My problem is with the topic of my EE, I'm concerned about it because with the evidence and data that I've collected for my research, I'm not able to actually calculate any math with it. So I've come to the conclusion that I need to change the topic entirely to allow me to do some actually math in my data. I remember reading somewhere that math EE's can revolve around statistics and so my research that I've collected are mainly just statistics on student stress but I cannot do any actual math with it because they are stand alone statistics. So the advice that I'm looking for is whether …
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Hey guys, I need advise or opinions on my Physics EE plan. I’m considering about investigating the effect of drag force and Magnus effect on a projectile motion of a tennis ball. Is this a advisable EE topic, or is it too simple for an EE? I was worried if this fits more on an IA rather than an EE. Thanks a lot!
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Hello all! I am currently in the summer between the first year of IB and the second. Over the first year I came up with the title of: How has the globalization of food in Thailand affected the health of the population in terms of non-communicable diseases such as heart disease and diabetes? I am interested in studying medicine in university in the future and decided to do a medicine related EE in geography as there are no experiments required (unlike the group 4 sciences) and it provides a different aspect of medicine, and I decided to focus it in Thailand as I live here and know the culture. I am interested in nutrition and the health field and think that this subje…
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Hey guys, i'm writing my EE on The Cognitive Theory of Attraction and i'm struggling to find sources. Can anyone help? Thank you!
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I'm struggling to understand the "categories" section of the extended essay guide. As far as I understand, if you're writing your essay in language A1 you have to study either ONLY works originally written in your own language OR compare at least one work written in your own language with another work translated from another language. Is this correct?? I'm worried for two reasons here. My topic is the significance of a particular trait in fairy tale characters, and I'm comparing a broad range of fairy tales from different countries, focusing only on their treatment of that particular trait. But it's not really context-focused at all. Firstly, is it okay that I'm not study…
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Hi! I'd really love to use the Y/A novel solitaire by Alice Osseman for my extended essay, I think the themes of the book are complex enough to count however I'm not sure if I'm allowed to use it Any advice would be great
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