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1 St Andrew’s Junior College 2024 JC1 H1 ECONOMICS Case Study Skills Package Table of Contents No. Content Page Nos. 1. Introduction 2. Question Types 3. Making Sense of Data 4. Tackling Higher Order Questions 1. Introduction What is a case study and what are case studies trying to test you for? • It generally consists of two to three pages of data presented in textual, numerical or graphical form. Each case study will present contemporary multifaceted economic issues or policies, which may be from one or more themes in the syllabus. • Case studies therefore tests students’ ability to apply their understanding of economic concepts, theories and principles in analysing, synthesising and evaluating economic issues, perspectives or policies, with reference to the data provided. • What this means is that a case study is NOT an English comprehension test. It does require you to comprehend the data given but more importantly, you have to apply your economic theories and concepts to account for or predict what happens. H1 Paper Details Description There will be two compulsory case studies. Candidates are required to answer all questions for each case study. Each case study carries 40 marks and constitutes 50% of the total marks. About 16 marks of each case study questions will be for data response questions, and about 24 marks will be for higher-order questions. Duration 3 hours Mark Weighting 80 marks (100%)

2 What is expected from me? • It requires analysis specifically related to the stimulus material provided. o Parts of the questions may, however, be answered without reference to the data given. These are necessary to ensure wide coverage of the topic to which the stimulus material relates and to accommodate a greater diversity of questions. o Such “stand alone” questions also facilitate a higher degree of student input providing an opportunity for additional relevant material to be included in answers. o Gives the student the opportunity to demonstrate wider reading of the subject outside the standard information available in lecture notes. What else should I bear in mind? • Avoid the mistake of assuming that a case study paper requires no prior knowledge of economics. The examiner will be using the data as stimulus material specifically to assess your economic knowledge and competence. o For example, with for higher-order discursive questions, the data provided should not be seen as the only material that is relevant to an issue raised for consideration in a question. o Instead, the material should be seen as a starting point for analysis , synthesis and evaluation and it should stimulate the candidate to use their own knowledge and understanding to give a broader and more considered response than one restricted to the material provided in the data.

3 2. Question Types A typical case study question would consist of seven or ei