Geographic research with guidance · Part 1 of 3
6 exam-style questions with model answers, plus 8 quick multi-choice questions — every question on this part of the standard, grouped by the 2 pages of notes they come from.
Write a full answer before you reveal the model one. That comparison is where the learning happens.
State the aim of your geographic research and explain why it is a valid geographic research question.
Explain in detail why the design of your research allows the aim to be answered, and what its design already rules out.
Fully explain, showing insight, why the aim you choose largely determines the grade you can reach in this standard.
Describe the plan for your research, including your sites, your methods and your sampling.
Explain in detail why you chose your sampling design, and what a different design would have produced instead.
Fully explain, showing insight, the relationship between a research plan and the trustworthiness of the findings it produces.