A marine biologist is investigating the impact of tourist vessel noise on the vocalization patterns of a resident pod of bottlenose dolphins in a specific bay. They initially conduct their study by analyzing public-access acoustic recordings uploaded to an online marine library by various recreational divers and commercial tour operators over the past decade (secondary data).
State three ways in which collecting primary data would have improved this scientific investigation.
Practise AQA A Level Psychology Data handling and analysis with exam-style questions for A Level Psychology. 263 questions, matched to the AQA A Level Psychology (7182) specification and written in Paper 1, Paper 2 and Paper 3 style. Every question includes a full worked solution and mark scheme, so you can see where marks are awarded rather than just whether you got the answer right.
