Fieldwork — human
Edexcel GCSE Geography revision on Fieldwork — human. Aligned to the Pearson Edexcel GCSE Geography B 1GB0 specification. This bank has 10 practice questions on this topic.
Sample questions (3 of 10)
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Question 1
Which sampling method involves selecting participants at regular intervals from a list of people in a town centre?
- A) Random sampling
- B) Systematic sampling
- C) Stratified sampling
- D) Opportunistic sampling
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Answer: Systematic sampling
Systematic sampling involves choosing every nth person or item to avoid bias. It is easy to organise in fieldwork but can be biased if there is a hidden pattern in the data set.
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Question 2
What is the term for data collected directly by the student during their fieldwork investigation?
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Answer: Primary
Primary data is original information collected for a specific research purpose. Examples include pedestrian counts, environmental quality surveys, or questionnaires conducted by the student.
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Question 3
If a student counts the number of people passing a specific point on a high street, what is this method called?
- A) Environmental quality survey
- B) Pedestrian flow count
- C) Land use mapping
- D) Bi-polar analysis
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Answer: Pedestrian flow count
A pedestrian flow count involves recording the number of people passing a location over a set duration. This helps students analyse the busiest parts of a town centre and identify patterns in human behaviour.
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