0460.10.6.57 — design fieldwork data collection sheets and collect data with an understanding of accuracy, sample size: past paper questions
Real questions on 0460.10.6.57 — design fieldwork data collection sheets and collect data with an understanding of accuracy, sample size
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- 0460/41 · October/November 2024 · Q2d(iii)[2]
Suggest two ways that the students could have improved the reliability of their measurements.
See it on the paper → - 0460/42 · May/June 2024 · Q1b(iii)[2]
Suggest why the results of the two measurements of bare soil at site B are so different.
See it on the paper → - 0460/42 · October/November 2023 · Q1c(ii)[1]
In the space below calculate the average of the three measurements.
See it on the paper → - 0460/42 · October/November 2023 · Q1e(ii)[3]
What is the correct conclusion to Hypothesis 1: Beach material gets smaller along the beach from north to south between two groynes? Tick (✓) your decision and support it with evidence from Fig. 1.5 and Table 1.1.
See it on the paper → - 0460/41 · May/June 2023 · Q1b(i)[3]
Name a suitable sampling method for the students to select 100 people. Describe the method and explain why it is suitable.
See it on the paper → - 0460/41 · May/June 2023 · Q1b(ii)[2]
The students wanted to find out whether people had different levels of concern about the problems caused by the cement factory. Describe how Section A in the questionnaire (Fig. 1.3) provides the evidence of different levels of concern.
See it on the paper → - 0460/41 · May/June 2023 · Q1b(iii)[1]
The results of section A in the questionnaire are shown in Table 1.1 (Insert). Use this data to complete Fig. 1.4.
See it on the paper → - 0460/41 · May/June 2023 · Q1b(iv)[2]
To answer Hypothesis 1, the students calculated the average score given by each of the different age groups for each problem. Their results are shown in Table 1.2 (Insert). Complete the graph for the ‘21– 40’ age group in Fig. 1.5.
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The students made the conclusion that Hypothesis 1: People in different age groups have the same level of concern about each problem caused by the factory was generally true. Explain why they made this conclusion by using evidence from Fig. 1.5 and Table 1.2.
See it on the paper → - 0460/41 · May/June 2023 · Q1b(vi)[3]
Suggest reasons why some people in Kamalpur are more concerned than others about the impacts of the cement factory.
See it on the paper → - 0460/41 · May/June 2023 · Q1c(i)[2]
The results are shown in Table 1.3 (Insert). Use these results to complete the pie graph in Fig. 1.6.
See it on the paper → - 0460/41 · May/June 2023 · Q1c(ii)[3]
What conclusion would the students make to Hypothesis 2: People think that the best method to reduce the negative impacts of the cement factory is to close it down? Support your answer with evidence from Fig. 1.6 and Table 1.3.
See it on the paper → - 0460/41 · May/June 2023 · Q1d[4]
To extend his fieldwork one student did his own research into some problems caused by the cement factory. He used the bi‑polar survey sheet shown in Fig. 1.7 (Insert) to assess impacts at different distances away from the cement factory. Describe how the student did his bi‑polar survey.
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What examiners said
No marks were awarded for showing any working as candidates can use a calculator, so if the answer is correct, they obviously knew how to work it out. To prevent error carried forward from (c)(i), a range of answers from 54.6–55.3 mm was allowed that considered the tolerance allowed in the previous question. A few showed part-calculations such as adding their measurements together but not dividing...
— Examiner report, October/November 2023, 0460/42 Q1(c)(ii) (Cambridge)
It was important for candidates to look carefully at the graph and data in the table before they made their hypothesis decision. Although the graph shows a negative correlation, it cannot be completely true that beach material gets smaller from north to south between the groynes because there are examples where it gets larger than at the previous site. Consequently, while the negative trend is tru...
— Examiner report, October/November 2023, 0460/42 Q1(e)(ii) (Cambridge)
Candidates’ knowledge of sampling was weak, and some candidates wrote answers which revealed no understanding of the sampling method, e.g. naming a method as ‘knock on residents’ doors’, ‘survey’ and ‘choosing people’. There was also a 5 per cent omission rate of candidates who did not attempt an answer. Where candidates did have some knowledge of sampling, their answers varied in quality. All thr...
— Examiner report, May/June 2023, 0460/41 Q1(b)(i) (Cambridge)
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