Fieldwork

Question 1

mean

Answer 1

average where all the values are divided by the amount of values

Question 2

median

Answer 2

average where it is the middle value

Question 3

mode

Answer 3

average where it is the most common value

Question 4

range

Answer 4

average where its the highest value take the smallest

Question 5

interquartile range

Answer 5

the middle 50% of the data

Question 6

primary data

Answer 6

data collected ourselves

Question 7

secondary data

Answer 7

data someone else has collected

Question 8

qualitative data

Answer 8

data using words - descriptive

Question 9

quantitative data

Answer 9

data using numbers - numerical

Question 10

raw data

Answer 10

data that hasn’t been processed for use

Question 11

random sampling

Answer 11

members of the population have equal chances of being selected

Question 12

stratified sampling

Answer 12

made up of different subgroups of the population e.g: age groups and the sampling size for each subgroup is proportional

Question 13

systematic sampling

Answer 13

members from a larger population are selected according to a fixed interval

Question 14

continuous data

Answer 14

can be measured on a scale and can always be measured more accurately

Question 15

annotated photographs

Answer 15

photos that have been labelled with key information explaining what t shows

Question 16

field sketch

Answer 16

a drawing taken overlooking an area that records key details

Question 17

choropleth map

Answer 17

a map that uses different tones or shades of colour to indicate areas with different levels of what you are measuring usually a place

Question 18

bar chart

Answer 18

a graph that has bars to show the different levels of the independent variable against grouped data

Question 19

tally chart

Answer 19

a table that shows the values for different categories which could be descriptive

Question 20

pie chart

Answer 20

a graph that shows the proportion of what you are measuring can be descriptive or numerical

Question 21

scatter graph

Answer 21

a graph that shows continuous data about what you are measuring and has individual points with a line of best fit

Question 22

radar graph

Answer 22

a graph that shows numerical data about multiple different categories and can compare two different locations or data sets

Question 23

line graph

Answer 23

a graph that tracks differences over a period of time

Question 24

hazard

Answer 24

a danger of risk

Question 25

risk

Answer 25

a situation involving exposure to danger

Question 26

recreation

Answer 26

activity done for enjoyment

Question 27

tourism

Answer 27

commercial organisation of other people coming into a place of interest

Question 28

threshold population

Answer 28

minimum amount of people needed for a service to be worthwhile

Question 29

low order services

Answer 29

a usually inexpensive service that people buy on a regular, often daily daily basis - for example, newspapers, bread and milk so usually from local shops

Question 30

high order services

Answer 30

a usually expensive service that people buy only occasionally e.g. furniture, computers and jewellery, so usually from high end shops