Honed economics
13 September 2012
For high marks, students must carefully assess the data/stimulus response questions in the foundation stage economics paper before answering them. Barry Clayton offers some useful tips
Although there are no model answers to the questions set in the CIPS economics examination, there are still certain essential elements that examiners expect to find in a good answer. Part of section B of the paper, data/stimulus response questions clearly pose some difficulty for students and, on the whole, marks are low. The main reasons for this are a failure by...