IGCSE Geograph Rural enquiry revision questions

Name one technique we used to present our rural data?

 

• Proportional symbols maps

• interviews

• Pedestrian count

• Traffic count

Which of these is not a type of data presentation method?

• Divided bar graph

• Line graph

• Word cloud

• questionnaire

Information that is collected first-hand, eg tallies, measurements and photographs.

• Secondary data

• Primary data

Information that someone else has previously collected and made available, eg on the internet such as government websites, newspapers, historical photographs and census data.

• Primary data

• Secondary data

Samples are chosen in a systematic, or regular way. They are evenly/regularly distributed in a spatial context, for example every two meters along a transect line or they can be at equal/regular intervals in a temporal context e.g. every half hour. Another way is for them to be regularly numbered, for example every 10th house or person.

• Random sampling

• Convenience sampling

• Systematic sampling

• Stratified sampling

Stratified sampling - dividing sampling into groups, e.g three sites from each section of coastline, or five people from each age range.

• Randon sampling

• Convenience sampling

• Systematic sampling

• Stratified sampling

Selecting a person to interview or site to measure, at random. Random sampling is unbiased as particular people or places are not specifically selected. Random point sampling is a type of random sampling that can be used when selecting study sites. A grid is drawn over a map of the study area. Then random number tables are used to obtain coordinates/grid references for the points. Sampling takes place as feasibly close to these points as possible.

• Randon sampling

• Convenience sampling

• Systematic sampling

• Stratified sampling

Select the piece of equiptment we did not use for our rural enquiry

• Clipboard

• Camera

• Ranging pole

• Timer

Which of these was not one of our data collection methods.

• Land use survey

• Interviews

• Pie chart

• Types of services tally

Which of these were potential risks we might face during our rural settlements enquiry.

• Traffic accident

• Trips, slips, falls

• Drowning

• A bite from a stray soi dogs