Research · Unit 4 · Paper 3

Presentation & Defense unit test

A test on this unit alone, marked as a percentage and a letter grade — for the test your class is actually sitting, rather than for May. Answer everything, then submit once: seeing the answer to question 3 before attempting question 4 makes the final percentage meaningless.

Paper 1 Paper 2 Paper 3

Each paper is built from this unit’s 20 terms and is the same for everyone, so a teacher can assign “Unit 4, Paper 3” and every student sits the identical test. Multiple choice is marked objectively; the written sections you mark yourself against the model answer and rubric.

Suggested time 33 min 30 points0/17 attempted

Acknowledging limitations on stage

Practicing the defense

Assessment weighting

Body language and pace

Working with an expert adviser

Presentation timing

Answering about a methodological weakness

What distinguishes a top-scoring paper

When you do not know

Deadlines and submission

Discussing your own bias

Presenting qualitative findings

Short answer 1. Define or explain: Academic integrity in AP Research

3 pts

Short answer 2. Define or explain: What to leave out

3 pts

Short answer 3. Define or explain: The three defense question types

3 pts

Short answer 4. Define or explain: Presentation structure

3 pts

Free response

6 pts

A student has completed an AP Research study and is preparing for the oral defense. The study surveyed 84 students at one school, found a moderate association between hours of part-time work and self-reported academic engagement, and concluded that part-time work reduces engagement.

Write ONE question a panelist is likely to ask about the study’s conclusion, and explain why it is the obvious question.

Explain how the student should respond to that question without abandoning the study.

Explain why acknowledging a limitation strengthens rather than weakens a defense.

Describe ONE further study that would follow logically from this one, and explain what it would establish that this study cannot.