To what extent has the increase in the Excise Tax on Stake (ETS) from 7.5% to 12.5% effectively reduced the number of gambling activities in Nakuru, Kenya, between 2023 and 2025?SL
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Official IB Result
IB Grade: A
Criteria A: Focus and Method
4/6
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3
6
Criteria Strands
A.1Topic communication and appropriateness
Excellent
A.2Research question clarity and focus
Good
A.3Methodology completeness and appropriateness
Moderate
Criteria Feedback
- You state a clear evaluative research question and keep the investigation anchored to a specific policy change, place, and time period.
- You communicate the economic topic clearly and use relevant ideas such as demerit goods, externalities, and taxation.
- You show some informed method selection by combining survey evidence with secondary data and qualitative responses.
- Your local focus is not always sustained because some of the strongest evidence is national rather than clearly Nakuru-specific.
- The variable in your question is not fully operationalised, so it is sometimes unclear exactly what you mean by the 'number of gambling activities'.
- Your method would be stronger if you justified more clearly why each source type was chosen and how each one answers the question.
Criteria B: Knowledge and Understanding
4/6
0
3
6
Criteria Strands
B.1Application and relevance of source material
Moderate
B.2Knowledge of topic/discipline
Good
B.3Use of terminology and concepts
Moderate
Criteria Feedback
- You apply relevant economics concepts clearly, especially negative externalities, market failure, and the role of taxation in correcting demerit-good consumption.
- You use disciplinary terminology with reasonable confidence and generally connect it to the argument you are making.
- You bring together survey evidence, official information, and calculated elasticity to support your explanation.
- Some evidence is applied too broadly, especially when national data are used to support claims about Nakuru.
- A few economic ideas are not handled with full precision, particularly around tax incidence and elasticity interpretation.
- At times you switch between different measures of gambling behaviour without clearly separating participation, frequency, and spending.
Criteria C: Critical Thinking
12/12
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6
12
Criteria Strands
C.1Research quality and relevance
Moderate
C.2Analysis depth
Poor
C.3Discussion and evaluation
Moderate
Criteria Feedback
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Criteria D: Presentation
3/4
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2
4
Criteria Strands
D.1Structure appropriateness
Good
D.2Layout and formatting
Moderate
Criteria Feedback
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