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Centre Number 71 Candidate Number ADVANCED SUBSIDIARY (AS) General Certificate of Education January 2007 Geography assessing Module 3: Techniques in Geography ASG31 Assessment Unit AS 3 [ASG31] THURSDAY 18 JANUARY, AFTERNOON TIME 1 hour. INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES Write your Centre Number and Candidate Number in the spaces provided at the top of this page. Write your answers in the spaces provided in this question paper. Answer both questions. At the conclusion of this examination attach your fieldwork report and table of data securely to this paper using the treasury tag supplied. There are two pages at the back of this question and answer booklet for use as continuation sheets as required. You are provided with insert sheets for use with questions 2(a) and 2(b). Do not write your answers on these inserts. INFORMATION FOR CANDIDATES The total mark for this paper is 60. Quality of written communication will be assessed in all questions. Figures in brackets printed down the right-hand side of pages indicate the marks awarded to each question or part question. For Examiner s use only Question Number Report Table 1 2 Total Marks ASG3W7 2721 Marks Submitted fieldwork report and table of data. [10] At the end of the examination these should be attached securely to this ese paper paper using the treasury tag supplied. 1 Examiner Only Marks Remark (a) (i) State two advantages of using primary data to investigate your aim. ____________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________ [2] (ii) Identify one specific source of secondary data which you used, or could have used, and discuss fully its role in your investigation. Secondary source: ____________________________________ [1] Role: _________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________ [2] (b) Outline two reasons why a preliminary site visit would have been an essential part of the fieldwork planning. ________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________ [2] ASG3W7 2721 2 [Turn over (c) (i) On the graph paper below, use an appropriate graphical technique to present data from your table. Your graph should be relevant to the aim of your investigation. Title of graph: ________________________________________________________ Examiner Only Marks Remark [7] ASG3W7 2721 3 [Turn over (ii) Describe your graph and outline to what extent it satisfies the aim of your investigation. Examiner Only Marks Remark ______________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________ [4] (iii) Having graphically presented and described your data, state three further stages which were used to fulfil the aim of your investigation. ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ [3] (d) Describe how your investigation could be extended and explain how this could further develop your geographical understanding. __________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________ [4] ASG3W7 2721 4 [Turn over 2 (a) Use the Ordnance Survey map extract, Resource 2A (see insert sheet), to draw a sketch map representing the area between Eastings 72 and 77 and Northings 22 and 27, in the space below. On your sketch map, illustrate and label only the following: The course of the River Ouse The urban area of Goole [1] The route of the M62 motorway [1] One type of human influence on the River Ouse Remark [2] Examiner Only Marks [2] 27 26 25 24 23 22 72 ASG3W7 2721 73 74 75 5 76 77 [Turn over (b) As shown in Resource 2B (see insert sheet), a student measured river depths at 12 equal intervals across the channel of the River Glenelly (Co. Tyrone) to investigate the following hypothesis: Examiner Only Marks Remark There is a significant relationship between river depth and distance from the inside bank of the meander bend The results of the investigation and the initial stages of a Spearman s rank statistical test are illustrated in Resource 2C. Resource 2C Site X Y Distance Rank River depth Rank from inside X (cm) Y bank (cm) d d2 1 0 12 8 12 0 0 2 35 11 10 11 0 0 3 70 10 23 10 0 0 4 105 9 31 9 0 0 5 140 8 52 8 0 0 6 175 7 56 7 0 0 7 210 6 103 5 1 1 8 245 5 92 6 1 1 9 270 4 126 4 0 0 10 305 3 149 1 2 4 11 340 2 148 2 0 0 12 375 1 143 3 2 4 d2 = 10 ASG3W7 2721 6 0 [Turn over (i) In the space below, complete the Spearman s Rank calculation and comment on the statistical significance of the outcome. Formula and significance charts are presented in Resource 2D (page 9). Examiner Only Marks Remark Rs = __________________ Comment on statistical significance ____________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________ [5] ASG3W7 2721 7 [Turn over (ii) With reference to Resource 2B (see insert sheet), explain this statistical result in relation to geographical theory. Examiner Only Marks Remark ______________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________ [4] (iii) Identify the sampling method used by the student. ____________________________________________________ [1] (iv) Explain why this sampling method was appropriate for this investigation. ______________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________ [2] ASG3W7 2721 8 [Turn over Resource 2D Examiner Only Marks Remark Spearman s Rank Correlation Equation and Significance Charts 6 d 2 rs = 1 3 n n Formula: where d = the difference in rank of the values of each matched pair n = the number of ranked pairs = the sum of Spearman s Rank Correlation Significance Graph and Table Critical values for rs Spearman s Rank Correlation Coefficient 1.0 5.0p 1.0p 0.1p Significant 0.8 0.6 0.4 99.9% Non-significant 99% 0.2 95% 0.1 4 6 8 10 25 50 100 Degrees of freedom [Number of ranked pairs (n) 2] Critical values of Spearman s Rank Correlation Coefficient, rs Significance level degrees of freedom 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 15 ASG3W7 2721 0.05 (5%) 0.88 0.83 0.80 0.77 0.72 0.68 0.64 0.60 0.57 0.50 0.01 (1%) 1.00 0.96 0.91 0.87 0.84 0.80 0.77 0.74 0.71 0.65 9 [Turn over (c) Study Resource 2E, which illustrates the total woodland bird species and their population change between 1994 and 2003 in selected English regions. Resource 2E Total number of woodland bird species Woodland bird species population change 1994 - 2003 25 - 27 Increasing 28 - 30 Little change 31+ ND Declining North East No Data available Yorkshire & the Humber North West S East Midlands E East L A W West Midlands No Data London ND South West South East N 0 km 100 Source: adapted from website www.defra.gov.uk/environment/statistics ASG3W7 2721 10 [Turn over (i) What type of technique is used to illustrate species population change? Examiner Only Marks Remark ____________________________________________________ [1] (ii) Which UK region experienced the largest proportion of declining woodland bird species between 1994 and 2003? ____________________________________________________ [1] (iii) (1) What type of mapping technique is used to illustrate the total number of species for each region? ________________________________________________ [1] (2) Outline one advantage and one disadvantage of this type of mapping technique for the data illustrated in Resource 2E. Advantage: _________________________________________ ___________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________ ________________________________________________ [2] Disadvantage: _______________________________________ ___________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________ ________________________________________________ [2] Reminder: When you have finished the examination, attach your fieldwork report and table of data to this paper using the treasury tag supplied. ASG3W7 2721 11 [Turn over CONTINUATION SHEET (Number your answers clearly if you use this sheet) Question Number Examiner Only Marks Remark __________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ ASG3W7 2721 12 [Turn over CONTINUATION SHEET (Number your answers clearly if you use this sheet) Question Number Examiner Only Marks Remark __________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ ASG3W7 2721 13 [Turn [Turn over Permission to reproduce all copyright material has been applied for. In some cases, efforts to contact copyright holders may have been unsuccessful and CCEA will be happy to rectify any omissions of acknowledgement in future if notified. S 10/06 2500 9-032-1 ASG3W7 2721.02 ASG31IN2 Sample Site Key Inside Bank 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 GCE Advanced Subsidiary (AS) Geography Assessment Unit AS3 Module 3 RESOURCE 2B January 2007 For use with question 2(b) Do not write your answers on this insert 9 10 11 12 Source: Principal Examiner Outside Bank

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