Research Methods

Question 1

Why do you use tally marks

Answer 1

I counted each vehicle with tally marks because it is quick and efficient

Question 2

Why do you use tally marks

Answer 2

I counted each vehicle with tally marks because it is quick and efficient

Question 3

Why was one minute and a half a good time

Answer 3

This was a good amount of time because 30 seconds would of meant that traffic light could of stopped large amount of vehicles passing by which means it would of been inaccurate, and longer than a minute and a half would of been to long and data would of been too long

Question 4

Equipment used

Answer 4

The equipment I used to count each vehicle was a pen, paper, clipboard and a stopwatch.

Question 5

Vehicles counted

Answer 5

Cars,bikes,buses,vans etc

Question 6

Why have you chosen this method

Answer 6

I chose this method because the number of vehicles can tell me the differences in different locations

Question 7

What type of data was used

Answer 7

This method is quantitative data and was very easy to carry out

Question 8

Problem with this method and a solution

Answer 8

It was hard to notice every vehicle passing by so human error could be made , so a solution would be to do a class average so everyone’s data is the same and overall more accurate