Eduqas GCSE Geography A Geographical Skills and Fieldwork overview quiz quiz

Add all the values and divide by how many there are

Put the values in order and then take the single middle value from the list

Take the most common value

Subtract the smallest from the largest

5

6

7

9

10 percent

20 percent

25 percent

80 percent

The full range of the data, found by taking the largest value and subtracting the smallest one

The most common value

The total of all the values

The spread of the middle half of the data (upper quartile minus lower quartile)

The eastings (along the bottom)

The northings, read up the side of the map grid first

Either order is fine

The scale bar

50 metres on the ground

500 metres (0.5 km)

5 kilometres

50 kilometres

The land is flat

The slope is gentle

The slope is steep

There is a river

A pie chart

A bar chart

A choropleth map

A scatter graph

Because you cannot measure everything, so a representative, unbiased sample is taken

So that you can carefully measure every single item in the whole study area without missing any

To make the data less reliable

To avoid collecting any data

They are the same

Random selects points by chance; systematic selects at regular intervals

Random sampling selects every tenth point in turn, while systematic sampling simply uses random numbers

Systematic is always biased

Primary data always comes from books and websites, while secondary data is the data you collect yourself

They are the same

Primary is collected by you in the field; secondary comes from other sources

Primary is always less reliable

Only your own personal opinion stated firmly, with no supporting evidence from the resource booklet at all

A list of facts with no decision

Agreement with every stakeholder

A clear decision, evidence from the resources, rejection of alternatives, and a justified conclusion