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My EE research question is "How does varying concentrations of CaCO3 affect the catechin levels of green tea", but I'm running into problems into how exactly to measure it. The basis for my question is to test how does varying mineral content of water affect the taste of tea, and in my research I found that CaCO3 was one of the minerals in water, and catechin is the main component of green tea which affects the bitterness and astringency (effectively taste). I wanted to use spectroscopy but the maximum absorbance for catechin is around 270nm, which is far lower than the machine I have available to me, which only uses the visible light spectrum (around 400-700nm). I w…
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Hi! I'm doing prompt 34 for my ToK exhibition, and, well, I can't find a third object. My first two objects are pretty strong, but for the third object, I can't find anything that "brings a new perspective into the discussion." Now I'm stuck. Any help would be appreciated.
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So I'm doing psychology as an SL subject and I need to know if this is good. 'The effectivnesss of Risperidone as a treatment for schizophrenia' Its a drug treatment and I have already started the reserch process. But I am not sure if it is too vauge or not. I am not sure if I should change it although it is a little late for that but still possible. Maybe to switch to causes?
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I'm doing my biology EE right now with secondary research, and I'm kinda confused, how many sources needed to be the data for my EE?
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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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Hey everyone Im writing EE on economics and I want my question to be roughly ‘how does exchange rates affect travel and tourism’ but I don’t know what to write under the topic. What topics can I include under this question ? Help would be appreciated.
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Hello! I am currently doing a Geography EE and am a bit lost on how to come up with a concrete question to base my research off of. My question revolves around - - To what extent is the HDI of Kerala and British Columbia comparable in terms of poverty development? (Full changed question still in works) - poverty in BC (what is the government doing) - poverty in Kerala (what is the government doing) - poverty headcount ratio - How does gender play a role? - Possibly some section due to COVID 19 I am a BC resident, so I am able to possibly collect first hand primary data for one of the places, but not the other. I need to make it mo…
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The idea I pitched to my teacher was something along the lines of "To what extent will GPU and CPU processing speeds have to be in order to create a gaming experience indistinguishable from reality?" I thought of researching VR, GPU and CPU power, clock speeds, etc. But I was told that doing this exploration would have no use. What does anyone else think? I am thinking of doing something about cryptocurrency. "To what extent is cryptocurrency a more practical alternative to cash/credit?" I haven't asked my teacher yet, but I think it would lean more towards ITGS (since i'll be talking about effects on the environment and society as well), not too sure. What doe…
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Hi! My research question is "To what extent is cryptocurrency a more practical alternative to cash? For anyone who can give tips, is there a better way to word this RQ? like adding an "in terms of" or using a different adjective other than "practical", etc? Also, for anyone who has done a similar EE or has firsthand knowledge and experience on cryptocurrency, please do leave a reply if you have any tips or recommended links, or if we could even have a quick chat as one of my primary resources (having a real hard time looking for any), any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!
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My topic to my extended essay is "To what extent is the Mongolian Empire a peaceful society." I'm going to make the argument that the Mongolian Empire was actually a peaceful society due to the Pax Mongolia, religious tolerance, etc. despite conquering nearly all of Eurasia through pillage and rape. I would simply enjoy the knowledge if this topic is overdone, too broad, too specific, etc., or if I should change the specific topic name a little smidge. Thanks everyone
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Hi everyone....... so currently I am writing my RQ and finishing up my EE perosal and was wondering if my RQ is still to vague on the idea , for my RQ I have selected to research category B in which covers social lingustic of the language . e.g. of my current RQ : How has scocial media affect the language structure in terms of verbal communication amongst teenagers in Australia ? backup RQ : how has social media affected teenagers in Australia english language in terms of verbal communication at an academic level ? Idea : Wanting to cover about the change in communication and the effect it has on the meaning in the English Vocabulary. Also, when…
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I'm thinking of doing my EE on masculinity in the Red Pony and the Old Man and the Sea (Category 1). I was just wondering whether Hemingway's the Old Man and the Sea is overdone, or is taught in many school curricula and hence not a very good choice for the EE. Thanks.
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Hi, I need help fixing my extended essay question. My topics are bio and psych and my question is "How does implicit racial bias in healthcare influence how often black people are diagnosed with Lyme disease?" My mentor said its hard to write about, so I need help fixing it. I've tried to restructure the question a few times, but I'm still confused, I wanted to make it about misdiagnosis and how black people are often misdiagnosed with diseases, but my mentor told me to focus on a specific disease, but I don't know which to focus on. She also wanted me to focus on symptoms of a disease that only black people get, but I've only found symptoms that black people have a highe…
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Hi all, I was researching topics for my Extended Essay and I thought of doing either something with Jane Austen (let me know if you have any ideas!) or the Iliad. I had read The Song of Achilles (Madeline Miller) recently, and I thought I could do something around the societal changes between Homer’s Iliad and the 2011 Song of Achilles. For example, The Song of Achilles is a homosexual live story, whereas Homer did not write the Iliad like such. Was wondering what you thought about this topic, is it interesting? Could it be well executed? Thank you!
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Hi, I had several issues regarding my Extended Essay in Psychology. First: Which research question would be the most suitable? Option 1: To what extent is criminal behaviour based on biological factors? Option 2: To what extent can biological factors predict criminal behaviour? Option 3: Is criminal behaviour primarily based on biological factors? Second: While I have all my ideas and research with reference to the issue ready, I do not know how to put it down in a format suitable for an EE, for eg: the IA has a very specific format that is simply the marking criterion itself. How do the plan the structure, or chart out points for my Extended Essay? Third: Doe…
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How can you combine History and Econs for World studies. What kind of things you can write about and what aspects it needs to have to fulfill the history aspects. Thanks
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So I left this until the last moment and I really should have a vague plan ready by now but it is what it is. Anyways, so I've decided to do my essay about Tolkien (language A1) but I'm struggling to narrow it down to a book or a topic, let alone a research question. Any help? Here are my thoughts so far: 1. Something about Gollum - villain vs hero type of stuff - but I'm sure it's overdone by now 2. Something along the lines of "who's the real hero" and compare Frodo, Sam, maybe some other characters - but again I'm sure it's been done a lot 3. Compare Bilbo and Frodo's journeys?? Not too keen on the idea but still 4. Maybe something to do with B…
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Hi! I am in the early process of figuring out my EE topic. Ideally, I want to do it in English A lang/lit, and have recently got the inspiration for an idea, but I'm not confident that it's a good one. 'The Stormlight Archives' by Brandon Sanderson is a fantasy series that I'm quite passionate about. One of its core themes is mental health, with many (most) of its main characters dealing with various mental health issues, depicted in a (by my subjective standards) faithful and creative manner, and even to a degree integrated into the magic system. However, due to the extraordinary circumstances inherent to the fantasy setting, as well as what I feel to be a…
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Hello! I'm really stuck on my Extended Essay and want to get an A really badly, but my supervisor is of no help so I've resorted to here. I'm in my second year of IB and this is gonna be my last draft pleaasse help. Anyway, I have the research question: "To what extent could one argue the tragic protagonists fail to meet the modern standards of fatherhood in Arthur Miller’s plays, A View from the Bridge and Death of a Salesman?" (PLEASE don't steal this, it's not even good). And so far, I have around 2700 words. In the intro, i talk generally about the two plays and briefly compare them, then I bring up what modern standards are but ehh idk it's not that sophisticated, …
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To make a long story short: My friend bought his extended essay online, with some kind of custom writing service, and his supervisor knows it and even told him that the IBO will never know that he bought this essay. He is not worried and his supervisor is not worried either, I read his essay, it's truly at a super-high academic level. I am really afraid that he will get caught and fail his diploma, and even he doesn't get caught, he is still cheating. How should I convince him to stop with it and write his own essay instead? Help me!
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I have to choose what I want to write my history EE about, I really want to write it about ww2 but I don't know what topics would be interesting to consider, any suggestions?
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Hi guys, I have to hand in a EE proposal soon, but I still can't think of a topic. I also have to keep in mind that I am pursuing a career in medicine so any topics related to medicine would be a plus. I'm interested in either biology and psychology (and I am getting good grades in both so I think I can do well in either if I have a good topic), here are my potential topics/problems: Bio: - Bacteria? (However it seems to be done many times in the past, also it will be super time taxing and difficult especially considering the covid situation) - neuroscience? (But I'm not sure how I can incorporate it into a bio ee, not sure how to make it an experiment) …
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So, I have a dilemma. Thing is, my school made me choose my EE topic a few months back (around August or so), and I chose History. I worked roughly on my History essay about Napoleon, but then I realised that I hated it. I mean, I love history - I just hate historiography. Anywho, I then thought of another EE question for English. Thing is, I am three days away from starting my IB2 Year and I fear it may be too late to change subjects. Plus I think my supervisor will kill me. What do you think?
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so I've been thinking lots about what to do for my ee, and I was really interested in doing film, but they don't teach it at my school. I was wondering if there are any helpful textbooks for basic film studies or anything for the question i was planning to do, "How does the development of special effects, such as cgi and greenscreen, impact intergenerational appreciation for movies?" Even my question needs a little work, so if there's any other questions that can be made from a topic like this, that would be great.
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Hi! So, I was planning on doing my ee with the research question asking how the author uses imagery to convey her writing and feelings, since I am doing various poems from the same writer with the same purpose, but then as I was writing, I realized I was analyzing the first poem and not focusing on its imagery. Can I have a research question asking how the author uses literary devices to convey her writing and feelings?? Or is it too broad? I don't know if just analyzing the poem is enough, so please let me know if it is ok to analyze the poem as a whole and not focuss on one specific literary device.
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hello all, I finally chose my topic for EE in psychology. my research question is " to what extent is violence inherited genes and acquired from nature?". I would like to know how my research question is. I cant find studies on my topic. could someone pls suggest to me a few? thankyou
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Hey guys, so ik for the EE you are supposed to meet with your advisor 3 times to discuss your paper, unfortunately for me I only met with my advisor 2 times, the initial meeting and the viva voce. Does anyone know how this will affect my EE scoring or even if I pass. I am extremely stressed but my advisor said my paper was good and that he doesn't think I will be penalized too harshly and I cant find an answer anywhere. Please help.
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Does percentage error really matter if percentage uncertainty is already included in extended essay and should it be put in appendix or in the main body?
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I want to change my book to Purple Hibiscus for EE. I'm wondering If anyone knows if I can use it even though I read it freshman year in lit (MYP). We never wrote an essay or even finished the book because Covid hit. Also if anyone has read it or knows if it's a good choice I would appreciate input.
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Can anyone please help me with this For my Extended Essay, I plan to do research on the business/economic aspect of football. As football is becoming more of a business in the modern day, and many decisions are business motivated it is what i plan to research. However, the issue is that along with checking in with my supervisor we realized that the Business Management EE is more an analysis of an organization making a decision or activities of the firm and that business tools would need to be used. Also, we could not find how we would apply this topic to the Economics IB syllabus. Examples of what I would wish to study are analyzing China’s recent activi…
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My deadline is approaching and I am having doubts if my topic is a good one or not so my RQ is To what extent do the different drinks like milk, flavored milk, and milk alternatives consumed by vegan and non-vegan diets differ in calcium content in (mg/100 ml)? is this a complex enough topic to be a biology EE? I literally have no supervisor at the moment so I am in a huge struggle and I am getting to the point of hoping just to pass
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Hello! I am really struggling to come up with a research question for a comparative essay of animal farm and lord of the rings, both being books that are allegories exploring the themes of corruption and power. If anyone has any ideas or suggestions, it would be a massive help! Thank you so much!
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My EE is a Bio based EE and revolves around the concept of BMI, which has obvious ties to biology, but a large portion of my paper is just analysis and comparison of data. Is this too mathematical? Or should it be okay to at least get a D?
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Hi! I need some help choosing a psych ee topic Soooo, im more interested in the biological side of things, and these are the two im debating about now: In what ways can stroke victims be able to recover from or compensate for missing or damaged cognitive functions? OR How can synesthesia be explained from a biological (or maybe cognitive?) standpoint? Thanks everyone!
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I'm in DP-1 right now and trying to get an early start on my EE but the topic (Frequency/waves and Human concentration level) I've chosen doesn't have a lot of secondary information could anyone guide me upon how should I proceeds as this topic something I take particular interest in.
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I need some clarification. Question To what extent does Thomas in The Hate U Give and Watson in Piecing Me Together use literary aspects to portray the history of racism against black people since 1950. is this ok? It this Category 3? Any suggestions would be wonderful.
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I'm starting my extended essay and I want to do something about chemistry (but not biochem, since I don't take biology) or physics For chem, I came up with 2 possible topics: Determining acidity levels of different fruits (or same fruits produced in different places) Verifying “real fruit” statements on juices by analyzing both the juice and the fruit they’re claiming to use For physics, I came up with 3 topics: How does the injection of HHO in the mechanical engine improve its efficiency? Hydrostatic pressure in different heights from the ground Concentration vs refraction Are these doable? I'm in first year for both courses…
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What is, in your opinion the "easiest" and the "hardest" subject/s to do an EE on? I know that different students are good at different subject fields. But I want to hear what you think:) Thanks
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Hi all, I'm considering doing my Extended Essay studying the extent to which a universal basic income could improve socioeconomic conditions in my country. I want to approach the question by mixing Economics (which I don't take) and History (which I take at an HL) to understand the current socioeconomic conditions, how they can be improved and whether or not a UBI could aid in improving them. Is this too Economics-heavy or can it still be counted as a World Studies EE? Thanks
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Hi, I am taking Psychology HL and I want to do my Extended Essay Topic in the field of Psychology. My current question is "How does The Penthouse: War in Life exhibit how narcissistic parents can contribute to mental health effects in their children?". I want to know if this is a good and higher-level research question or if I should change it. I want my EE to be about either narcissistic parenting and how it leads to mental health effects in their children as different children develop differently due to the type of narcissistic parent they have. I want to start my research very soon.
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So I am doing my EE on Economics, and I have decided to investigate on the market structure of the pharmaceutical industry in Shanghai. To collect primary data, I will be interviewing one of the heads who works in Astrazeneca and hopefully having some access to the company's data. My research question will be "what is the market structure of pharmaceutical industry in Shanghai?" I am not sure if the research question is sufficient and narrow enough. It sounds rather plain to me. I am also not sure if I can just determine the market structure by just investigating on one company since there are probably a lot more pharmaceutical firms in China. Thanks.
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I've been debating for months on what to write about for my EE, I started with Abigail Adams, then moved onto Susan B. Anthony, then to women's rights to vote in the UK and the US. I want an interesting topic to write 4,000 words on without getting stuck that deals with feminism. Please help!
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Hello, I am an IB student in Latvia. I chose to write my EE in Econ but I am having a hard time coming up with a question even though I have a topic: Poverty Trap in Latvia. I was hoping someone could help me with finding the right question which is good and narrow. I was thinking something like: ”Does Poverty Trap exist in Latvia?”. However, I am scared it’s too broad. Thank you!
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I am currently struggling with figuring out my EE topic for Biology. I want to do a hands-on (primary) experiment regarding the topic, "disease", but know that it will be difficult with the resources I currently have in school. I am really interested in investigating on diseases, and believe that writing the extended essay based on secondary research would be easier and better, but I read a few comments on how it tends to not receive high grades compared to the ones that are hands-on. Are there any recommended Biology EE topics that could perhaps relate to diseases, or anything I could perhaps test on people (classmates, family, teachers, etc.)?
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Hi all. I'm planning on doing an EE in English, category 1. What are your thoughts on my RQ- at the moment my biggest concern is that it might be too descriptive rather than analytical, in terms of language. How does delusion influence characters' motives and perceptions of reality in Arundhati Roy's The God of Small Things? My supervisor actually advised me to do something along the lines of the question above. However, I originally planned on doing the question below, but she advised that there may not be enough to talk about. What are your thoughts? Is the question above acceptable? How is delusion portrayed through symbolism and motifs in Arundhati Roy'…
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I have about half of my EE done but it feels as though I can't add any more information. What I have at the moment is an analysis of the Russian economy and the importance of Gaz/Petroleum exports for them. How much they export and interact with the EU, stocks of Russian petroleum companies showing collapse periods that correlate with the announcement of the sanctions. Therefore the EU sanctions had an impact on the market. I mean I don't know what else to add... Should I explore something new and link it back? Any ideas? I have about 1800 words right now which is not nearly enough to hand in. Any help is greatly appreciated, I was expected to have my rough draft …
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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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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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