Lesson 4B.6
4B.6 Statistical evidence on place perceptions Quiz: Pearson Edexcel Geography, Unit 6
20 questions
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The 20 questions
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Which quantitative data source best measures residents' attitudes towards their local area?
- Geological surveys
- Perception surveys
- Census maps
- Satellite imagery
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Comparing which two media sources provides contrasting qualitative evidence about a place's image?
- Newspapers and blogs
- Satellites and radar
- Taxes and ledgers
- Census and maps
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Why do different media outlets often present contrasting images of the same place?
- Selective framing
- Identical audiences
- Government regulation
- Random sampling
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How can media representations influence public perception of demographic tension in a place?
- Mapping physical contours
- Publishing census totals
- Emphasising specific incidents
- Ignoring local history
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What methodological factor affects how widely perception survey results can be generalised?
- Cartographic scale
- Data storage format
- Sample representation
- Boundary line thickness
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What process involves comparing media portrayals with statistical surveys to verify place perceptions?
- Triangulation
- Interpolation
- Stratification
- Extrapolation
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Why might social media comments produce biased statistical evidence about place perceptions?
- High administration cost
- Self-selecting users
- Government censorship
- Slow response time
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Why might a tourist brochure and a residents' survey show contrasting images of a place?
- Identical data sources
- Same authorship
- Different target audiences
- Calculation errors
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Which statistical test measures the correlation strength between perception scores and deprivation levels?
- Mann-Whitney U
- Spearman's rank
- Chi-squared test
- Student's t-test
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What can cause bias in statistical evidence about place perceptions?
- Map projection
- Producer interest
- Grid references
- Sample variance
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What can media representation alter without changing underlying facts about a place?
- Place perception
- Physical relief
- Topographic height
- Grid coordinates
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Which research approach gives the most complete evaluation of place perceptions?
- Satellite sensing
- Mixed methods
- Soil sampling
- Contour mapping
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Besides opinion polls, what strongly shapes a place's public image?
- Media representation
- Contour intervals
- Prevailing wind
- Bedrock geology
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A film depicting only a town's industrial past is an example of what?
- Selective representation
- Systematic census
- Objective sampling
- Random error
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How can geographers best check the validity of survey data on place perception?
- Measuring soil pH
- Increasing map scale
- Cross-referencing sources
- Plotting contours
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What term describes using several sources to check whether a conclusion holds?
- Normalisation
- Standardisation
- Generalisation
- Triangulation
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Of 400 survey respondents, 300 rated a town positively. What percentage rated it positively?
- 133%
- 70%
- 25%
- 75%
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A survey of 50 people reports that 80% rate a place positively. How many respondents rated it positively?
- 80
- 30
- 8
- 40
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Surveying people exclusively at a shopping centre creates what main weakness?
- High survey costs
- Unrepresentative sample
- Excessive qualitative depth
- Inaccurate map scale
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A statistical correlation between perception scores and deprivation ranks does not prove what?
- Data reliability
- Spatial distribution
- Direct causation
- Statistical association
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