Data Presentation

Question 1

Weakness of particular data presentation technique

Answer 1

Can disguise intra region or intra country variations e.g cloropleth map
Hard to see trends and anomalies
Complicated to read
Symbols take up too much room

Question 2

Histogram

Answer 2

Like bar graph but only show 1type of data e.g how many brothers and sisters people have

Question 3

Scatter graphs

Answer 3

Good for showing relationship between 2 variable pieces of data

Question 4

Isoline maps

Answer 4

Often used for showing weather data like temperature, wind speed, and pressure

Question 5

Triangular graphs

Answer 5

Show info where 3 related pieces of data equal 100%
E.g primary, secondary, tertiary data
Young dependents, old dependents, economically active

Question 6

Radial (kite) graphs

Answer 6

Show related data that can all be scored out of the same score (e.g. % of GCSEs students who choose geography, Latin, chemistry, maths and French

Question 7

Wild rose graphs

Answer 7

Good for showing wind speed and wind direction

Question 8

Kite diagrams

Answer 8

Good for showing transects e.g. How vegetation change from coast through a sand dune

Question 9

Flow(system) diagrams

Answer 9

Can be used to show things like the positive and negative multiplier effect i.e one factor that causes another factor
They can also be used to show more complicated relationships like the hydrological cycle

Question 10

Desire lines

Answer 10

Straight line constructed on a map to symbolise a trip between 2locations , not nec actual route
Draw one line for each journey

Question 11

Advantages of good data presentation

Answer 11

Show spatial distribution e.g dot map
Show variations between regions and countries e.g cloropleth map
Visually interesting e.g colours 
Very bold and clear
Easy to understand
Clearly show trends and anomalies