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I am writing a Group 4 Extended Essay and am not quite sure as to what referencing style I am expected to use. I checked the IBO EE Guide but could not find anything there. Is it supposed to be a standard works citated page with MLA style citations? Do you need to have footnotes/endnotes/embedded citations?
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Ignore this information. Two of my threads were merged. If you would like to comment on this topic, please do so via PM. The new topic of discussion is the Mercury topic discussed in post four. Hey guys; My idea for my EE right now consists of testing for polyethylene terephthalate (the material the bottles are made of) in bottled water. My thinking is that I will measure how much of that has leeched into the water the bottle contains, and draw conclusions based upon those results. Is this arguable? If I must change my topic, I would like to stick with water purity as my topic, as I have done a good deal of research into it. I have access to instrumentation that would all…
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Howdy, Intro: So I am an IB2 student and recently had to completely change subject areas due to my supervisor being layed off from the school for something unrelated as well as research complications. After looking through the subject packets I came across the politics example: "The political debate over the death penalty in the USA". I participate in competitive debate so I realized that if I choose a question like that I could utilize a lot of research I had already done. Thus I promptly thought of my favorite and most researched debate topic of the Cuban Embargo. Topic Area: Politics Research Question: Should the United States maintain the current embargo of Cuba…
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Hey IBis, I have to hand in my EE this week. However I am totally lost. My Reseach Question is: "How and to what extent does american culture influence the way of living in europe?" Can you guys tell me some idead what I could write about and maybe even some links. I would be very thankfull All the best.
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i am doing biology for my EE. I am investigating the effect of common fertilisers on seed germination. I have managed to complete my data in time but I don't think it is enough and comparing it to other EE it doesn't look enough. Do you guys have any advice you can give me? I am wondering what other areas I can continue research so as to make my data look better? Please help because it is urgent?
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Hello all IBians, I am doing my EE in psycholgy. The area that interests me is aggression. I was brainstorming and came up with a bunch of questions. I need your help in narrowing down to one question. (Some questions may be repeats but in a different structure). 1) The importance, evaluation, identification and effects of environmental factor on aggressive behavior and what causes it. 2) What are the factors in the environment that cause aggressive behavior? 3) How do environmental factors effect aggression in different age groups and what are they? 4) What are some environmental factors that effect aggression in different age groups? 5) What are the effects of environme…
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For my EE i was planning on experimenting with different fuels and comparing their efficiencies Mainly by comparing the maximum power each can produce and their respective costs to obtain a common unit for all. if i experimented on this and even included enviromental effects of the fuels would it be reasonable?
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Well I talked with my advisor and she didn't have a problem with it, so what i ended up doing was over the summer I had 25 people run 3 different distances and used a formula to approximate their calories burned based on mph. All in all, experimentation is long done and over with and I have all my data. But now I'm really stuck on how to tackle this to assure a biology point of view. I was thinking of comparing how larger individuals burn more calories than already athletic people, and was going to propose a hypothesis of sorts or suggestion that larger people have this ability so they'd be able to get in shape with "less" amount of effort statistically speaking. I'm sti…
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Ok, so I wrote a message on here some time ago, but now I got my ideas straighter... - If I can, I would like to write an EE in particle physics analysing particle collision images (it would then be a data-based essay), but then again physics EEs are usually badly graded? - On the other hand I would also like to write about "Multiculturalism and religious co-habitation in Andalusia post-711" I plan on studying physics in UK (I'm aiming for Oxbridge), so will it harm me I didn't write it in physics? On the other hand I need the points to apply, so...help! EDIT: does the second topic sound as if it might not fit into History?
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So, I have changed my EE to theatre and have come up with a new RQ, but before I get into a similar situation that happened before, I would like some feedback. My new RQ is "An analysis of Bertolt Brecht's acting technique The Alientation Effect and how it is utilized in Galileo." Is this a sufficient RQ to wtite about? I was going to talk about what the technique is, how it can be used in Galileo, and if it is effective or not and if so, why or why not. I'm not sure about anything else to talk about, though.
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Hey, I need some massive fast help with my question. Right now it is - The Bushido Effect: To what extent did the Japanese style of warfare effect American GI morale? But this question isn't really that debateable and i think it would end up just being a narrative. Any help at all would be amazing!!!
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My topic for business and management is : to what extent has foreign investment affected jordan and its people as a result? My supervisor isn't really helpful, and I don't know if its even a good topic, or if its too wide, or if i should narrow it down. Please help? And also.. what was meant by ''define the decision problem, research objectives, and research questions''? ie define them to help me write my essay or incorporate them into the essay? Thank you!
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Hey everyone, my EE title is "A comparison of the use of satire in Jonathon Swift’s Gulliver’s Travels and T.H White’s The Sword in the Stone". I'm currently doing a paragraph on the setting and how it contributes to the satire in both novels. I've identified that they both "Distort" the worlds and things they write about to make them unfamiliar to readers and mask their satire. E.g. Gulliver - different countries etc and in The Sword in the Stone - animal "realm". Do you guys think its a reasonable point? And how else does setting contribute to satiric messages etc Anything important I should mention that I've missed? Any help would be appreciated!
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Okay, I decided to do my extended essay in chemistry, and I'm looking at the way a) weak acids affect enthalpy neutralisation in acid-base reactions and b) monoprotic, diprotic and triprotic strong acids affect enthalpy neutralisation in acid-base reactions. I used the different acids I needed (weak acids, diprotic, triprotic etc) and reacted them with a strong base, sodium hydroxide, in my experiments. First thing is, I can't really word my question properly. I've tried "In what way do monoprotic, diprotic and triprotic acids and weak acids affect enthalpy of neutralisation in acid-base reactions with sodium hydroxide?" but that sounds really awkward and isn't really cle…
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Hi! I'm currently starting my Extended essay on history. Well I'm having some troubles with finding research question. I was wondering if anyone could help me. Please help me! this is quite urgent! 1, To what extent were the conspirators of July bomb plot motivated by the ________? - Find approx 3 reasons of conspirators' ideas, aims and motives. 2. To what extent were the conspirators of German resistance movement viewed as heroes, opportunists or traitors? OR something about why was it important to examine/study German resistance movement carefully for Cold war? (politically, etc)
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I'm very interested with Studio Ghibli's works (e.g. Totoro, Nausicaa, Spirited Away, etc.) and I wanted to compare his films with similar animated movies at the time from the Western world (i.e. Disney/Pixar and Dreamworks). I talked to my EE supervisor/art teacher about this and she said it would be fine to write my art EE based on this topic as long as it focused primarily on the artistic aspects of the films such as animation techniques. I've been researching intermittently throughout the summer and I've found very little in terms of what I was looking for, but there's a lot of information on such things as character development, themes, plot analysis and so on. M…
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I can't decide on a topic even though I should get everything done in the nearest possible time. I missed my chance to talk with my supervisor, so I'm completely on my own on this one. Anyway, my proposal is "Is medicine an inferior good in Riga, Latvia?". Now, firstly, isn't it too broad? It is meant to be dealing with drugs sold in pharmacies only and not medical care. Maybe I could edit the topic somehow, so it would be more obvious? Secondly, what primary research could I conduct? Obviously, asking something to the customers of a pharmacy but I can't come up with any ideas. Could you maybe give me some directions? My secondary data would be drug prices and the amount …
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We've just received our extended essays and we have to choose a subject and topic. There's a few subjects that i'm interested in, however the idea of doing a music EE really appeals to me at the moment. I'm a flute player and i'm really interested in flute music. I was thinking perhaps i could investigate something along the lines of different interpretations of Debussy's flute music. I'm not sure if this is a good idea or if there will be enough to write. any advice?
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I'm doing an EE on a bee's ability to fly despite it being mathematically impossible. So I'm using bee dimensions with an airplane equation to first show how they calculated this. My question is, am I allowed to pull information from a data collection that scientists have already done to prove the possibility of bee flight? Because I know they used some sort of high-tech technology to slow-motion bee flight and find wing flaps per second. Or are there any other ways you can suggest for me to find, for example, the wingspan of a bee myself? I know this seems sort of like a silly question but I want to know what I can do to maximize EE points. Thank you!
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I am in the drafting process of my paper and I've been using footnotes after using arguments that I've gotten from other sources. So far, I'm up to 1912 words with 36 footnotes and 425 words are from footnotes (I know footnotes are not included in the word count, it's just to give you an idea of how much it is). I know this question is stupid but it seems to me that I'm doing something wrong, considering that I remember seeing other examples with only like 20 of them throughout the paper. Can anybody shed some light on this please?
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Please can I have some advice from you guys. I am investigating how fertilisers effect seed germination. Do you think that it is a good method if I measure the carbon dioxide concentration before germination and after and compare it to see the difference in the rate? Do you think this is the most suitable method or is there better? What are your opinions? Please give me someone advice because I am lost
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Hey! For my EE I am analyzing the use of cinematography in Wong Kar Wai's films, focusing on how cinematography is used to depict the reality of romantic relationships onscreen. I have finished analyzing all 9 of WKW's films. - In the Mood for Love - Happy Together - 2046 - Fallen Angels - My Blueberry Nights - Ashes of Time Redux - Chungking Express - Days of Being Wild - As Tears go by Naturally, I think it is ridiculous to try to cram a thorough analysis of 9 films into a 4000 word essay. Hence, I am wondering... how many films do you think it would be fitting to include? 3? 4? For those of you who did EE's on film, how many did you include? (I realize there's very few…
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Hey guys! (yay first post!) Anyway, we just got told about our EEs. I am doing the option: medicine and drugs for chemistry and I really like that topic. So I was wanting to base my EE on that. Does anyone have any ideas on what kind of topics I should do?
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I have started writing my extended essay in history. My question is, is my research question good and acceptable? To what extent was the structure of Spartan society responsible for its success in war? Oh and if you can give me some pointers and help on how can I make my research question and essay better. Thanks.
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My topic is on comparing the women's role in The Sorrow of War and The House of the Spirits. You think it's too broad? pls comment!
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hey everyone, i have a question of the format for the english ee's. Is the format of the extended essay supposed to be in standard essay format or is it just anything that you want to be (for example intro,body and conclusion but you decide how many quotations and the structure, etc). Can anyone please eleborate? Thanks
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Hey guys. I have chosen to do my EE in Economics. Initially i had planned on making the essay about house prices and how the price elasticity of demand varies within different areas of Stockholm. However, I'm starting to have second thoughts on the topic as it will be quite difficult to gather the appropriate Primary data required for this investigation. I'm kind of at a cross roads right now and have been pondering about whether to switch the topic to " How negative advertising affects the demand for cigarettes." Reason being is that it is much more straight forward and it would be much easier to gather primary data for this topic. What are your thought? Thanks in advanc…
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Hello everyone!. I really do need someone to help me because I can't contact with my supervisor and this the time I need him the most. Well, I'm writing my ee on Anorexia and I keep changing my research question and I can't start to write. When I start to write, I find myself paraphrasing from a book and I guess that's not allowed???!. Well, what should I do? I'm afraid of doing the wrong thing. Someone plz help
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I've finally thought of something I'm interested in. And that is the artificial. Artificial everything. Mostly I've narrowed down to Baby formula milk and the use of Aspartame as an artificial sweetener. These are both topics which worry, and therefore interest, me. I am most interested in aspartame. I always think that I'd rather drink a fizzy drink containing sugar than risk whatever aspartame can do to me health-wise. Does it sound reasonable that my experiment be in testing what happens when introducing.. something.. to a diet drink containing aspartame and it's counterpart regular drink containing similar or identical incredients without the aspartame? If I experi…
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Hi everyone - this is my first post here; please be kind. I'm currently writing my EE in History. My topic is Anti-Semitism in the Third Reich, and I've chosen to use a lot of primary sources in German. My question is whether I should note that I translated it, or whether I should just indicate the source as I normally would if it were an English source? Also, if I've found a translation online for something, I should obviously quote it properly, but should I also note the translator then, and possibly add a link to the source + accessdate? Thanks in advance.
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I finally decided that my old topic was a load of crap and started to think of new ones and i have two in my mind right now. I can't find it on the syllabus but i'm worried it might somehow be included because google gives some reasonable results when searching for things related to the topics with "IB" at the end of the search. the first one is the effect of diameter of a guitar string on it's resonating frequency. This would mean having 6 or more guitar strings of the same kind but different diameter under the same tension and comparing the pitch. the second one would require just one string but several masses: effect of tension on frequency. my question is, can i use o…
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Hi I'm doing a philosophy EE on Hannibal Lecter and whether his murders/killings can be justified using the theory of ethical egoism. In the subject guidelines for philosophy, under criterion F, there's an outline on how to analyse texts, but I'm not sure if it applies to only philosophical texts, or if it applies to any text used in the EE. Can someone please clarify? And if it applies to any text, and I use it to analyse the Hannibal novels, is the author's standpoint still relevant? Thanks in advance.
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Hey, does anybody know the criteria for word count in English coursework? I know the total is 1500, but what does this include? Does it include quotes from the book (ones that are not part of the sentence) ? .. hopefully not.. otherwise I'm gonna have toooo many words xx thanks all p.s. don't know why this is in EE...didn't do that intentionally
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I know that both our subjects are Psychology. In no way did I copy hers, or vice versa. I know she once said that her topic is going to be "The Human-Animal Bond" and my topic is on "Animal-Assisted Therapy". Would there be any problem at all that they might mesh on the same area?
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I know exactly how to write a thesis for a history/languages paper. It is basically a statement which states the overall claim of the essay. However, I am confused as to what the 'thesis' is to be comprised of for a Group 4 Extended Essay...
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I am doing my EE in physics specifically regarding nuclear energy. I am almost done gathering my research and hope to start writing soon. My proposed title is Nuclear Energy: The Energy of the Future. In my paper I would like to discuss various reasons why nuclear energy is safe, effective, and can eventually replace fossil fuels. Is this too broad? If it is how should I narrow down my topic? Thanks for your help in advance
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The title says it all I guess. This essay would really help me, since I'm doing my EE on a similar topic. If you have it, please let me know. My MSN/e-mail is
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I've spent my entire summer looking up .gov sites and articles for my psychology EE i need any help if available. To please help me find sites and articles.. Question: Does testosterone really make men more aggressive than women?
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Ok. This is the problem. I have the very vaguest of areas, and I can't see an experimental element. I also don't know how to formulate an essay title. I'm very interested in teeth. Ideally I'd like something along the lines of "evolution of structure and function of the human jaw relating to dietary needs" ? But I honestly can't see this working out. Someone please help me =/ I need help. I really am desperate now and I wish we'd had all the EE info a year ago so we could start it then. Because this is just too much at once. IB=HELL
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Title: 'How is feminism presented in the poetry of Maya Angelou?' I'm going to analyse four of her poems, after writing an introduction that will hopefully place my investigation into context - I'm going to begin by defining Feminism, then write about Feminism's place in literature, and then bring in Maya Angelou. I've been told that w're meant to present our EE's 'as a reasoned argument'. This confuses me a bit - what exactly will I be arguing? Is it that Feminism is presented at all? Or to what extent? Arguing implies that I'm trying to convey a point, so does this mean I need to PROVE the way/s in which Feminism is presented? Ah! That's probably it. I've read the mar…
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All right, I've had my topic picked out for a while, but I'm absolutely stuck on what to do next. My topic is (though I can't remember how exactly I phrased it) : Leonard Bernstein's musical growth from stage musicals to choral works, comparing "Tonight" from West Side Story to "Chitchester Psalms 1st Movement". Can anyone please help me on how to approach my topic? Also, I feel that my music background might not be sufficient enough to do a proper analysis. I know basics, but not anything very advanced. So, just in case, I have other potential backup topics that I was thinking of doing. (Though they are rough ideas as of now.) My other topic I've been leaning towards is…
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Hi, So I was planning on writing my EE topic on why prime numbers are used rather than composite numbers when dealing with cryptography. I know that topic is very common and it is even under the list of "Recommended Topics." Should I change my topic completely or stick with it? If I were to change my topic, I would like to change it to something that I can apply to mechanical engineering or possibly aerospace engineering. Ideas?
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Hey guys, I am planning to write my extended essay in German A1 and wondered if the books that I will use (I will do a comparison) have to be written by a German author, or if only ONE of the books have to written by an German author? Thanks in advance for your help!
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I would really love to write an EE on particle physics, somehow involving the Higgs boson particle or dark energy. I was thinking of maybe discussing the effect the discovery would have on the Standard Model, but my issue is that (as far as I now) I should preferably include an experiment, and I really have no idea as to how to do that (as my access to particle accelerators and the like is pretty much non-existent). Any suggestions for experiments? Thanks beforehand... Edit: I'm not actually looking for titles, rather ideas as to how I could possibly write an EE on the topic (in terms of research).
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Hi all, I just wanted to know if anyone can provide me with examples of previous psychology EE's. Im really interested in doing my EE in psychology but i have no topic in mind yet...which really sucks ofcourse. I also wanted to know if psychology EE's are fairly easy to do or not. Thank you very much.
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Hmm, someone suggested I started a topic about this, so I have. I'm around that stage where we have to start thinking of ideas for Extended Essays. I think that I want to do mine in Chemistry and am really interested in investigating something like the effectiveness of sunscreen - whether it actually becomes less potent over time (as the pharmaceutical industry tells us) or not. At the moment it's really just a broad idea, but I was wondering if anyone had any opinions on it or could suggest a focussed way that I could approach the topic using a fairly simple method which could be done in a school laboratory? I'm also not sure whether this might be one of those ambiguous…
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hello there. do you know if there are any IB business extended essays around...my friend gave me a link (http://www.safpc.com.ar/uploads/safpc/dianoia_6_ameriso_santiago.pdf)before but it's not dead...did anyone see it before and might even have a copy of it? please message me if you have...your kindness will truly be appreciated
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I've narrowed down my topic to something I consider rather specific, but I want to write about an aspect of it that wouldn't make my essay too narrative. Even if you don't know anything about my topic, I'd really love some general suggestions about how to do this, what angle to come from, etc. Background information: The revolutions brought about the fall of communism in Eastern Europe (Czechoslovakia, Romania, Baltic States) in a relatively bloodless and rapid manner.
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I decided to do my extended essay in English A1. It was really hard for me to decide my topic because i am not so creative and many other reasons. But i played games since fourth grade of elementary school and i decided to write the essay connected to games and figured the topic "Importance of English in Games" and the research question "The Importance of basic English knowledge for Games". I recently started to get it started and wrote the Abstract, which is quite easy because we just write starting things from our heads. But then i researched the internet for some materials... nothing found, but its true, who would write something about importance of english in games??.…
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Hello, I'm gonna enter the IB diploma program this September, and I would really appreciate it, if anyone could answer this question. What exactly IS the Extended Essay? How difficult is it? What must I write it about? How does my performance or evaluation in this area impact me? btw, my courses are: HL - English, Chemistry, History SL - French, Physics, Math I'm not rly sure how to categorise them, using the letter on the site. I know this is a stupid question, but how difficult will the next two years be, with these courses? ty
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