Paper 2 - Rivers Fieldwork

Question 1

primary data

Answer 1

data you collected first-hand during the investigation

Question 2

secondary data

Answer 2

data collected by another party that you have used in the investigation

Question 3

aim

Question 4

hypothesis

Question 5

enquiry questions

Question 6

systematic sampling

Answer 6

means working to a system to collect data, for example every 10m across the river

Question 7

random sampling

Answer 7

where samples are chosen fairly randomly, and every pebble has an equal chance of being selected

Question 8

stratified sampling

Answer 8

means collecting a sample, made up of different parts e.g. deliberately selecting samples of different pebble sizes from a point in the river to gain a range of pebbles found there

Question 9

quantitive data

Answer 9

numerical data

Question 10

qualitative data

Answer 10

any information gathered that is not numerical data

Question 11

what was your secondary data (RURAL)

Answer 11

food risk

Question 12

what was your secondary data (URBAN)

Answer 12

• crime rate
• census data