Q.1
Which of the following is an example of qualitative primary data?
  • Measurements taken by a student of the depth of a stream at different points along its length
  • Measurements of the gradient of a road obtained from the Internet
  • Answers to survey questions from a field trip
  • Observation of landslides from pictures of the Alps
Q.2
Which of the following forms of data presentation do not have an x-axis and a y-axis?
  • Bar chart
  • Scatter graph
  • Pie chart
  • All of the above
Q.3
A population census is taken once every 10 years. Which form of data presentation would be most appropriate?
  • Bar chart
  • Pie chart
  • Line graph
  • Radar (kite) chart
Q.4
Which of the following charts would be appropriate to investigate the price of ice creams in London the further you are away from Big Ben?
  • Pie chart
  • Bar chart
  • Scatter graph
  • Line graph
Q.5
Which of the following is an example of quantitative secondary data?
  • Measurements taken by a student of the depth of a stream at different points along its length
  • Measurements of the gradient of a road obtained from the Internet
  • Answers to survey questions from a field trip
  • Observation of landslides from pictures of the Alps
Q.6
Secondary data...
  • must have been recorded prior to the project it is being used for
  • must be properly referenced in the report
  • can be qualitative or quantitative
  • is all of the above
Q.7
A student uses books and the Internet to investigate the distribution of pastoral, arable and mixed types of farming in lowland and upland areas of the UK. Their raw results are processed to work out the percentage of different farming types in each of the two areas. Which of the following would be an appropriate way to present their data?
  • Pie charts
  • Line graphs
  • Scatter graphs
  • A map
Q.8
On a scatter graph, if the line of best fit slopes down to the right and all the points are close to the line, it indicates...
  • a weak positive correlation
  • a strong positive correlation
  • a weak negative correlation
  • a strong negative correlation
Q.9
Which of the following is an advantage of primary data?
  • You know it is definitely accurate
  • It is exactly tailored to the project
  • It is always available
  • It is a lot easier to collect than secondary data
Q.10
Primary data is...
  • data collected directly by a researcher during fieldwork
  • data collected by someone other than the researcher
  • data contained in a geography book
  • data obtained from the Internet
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