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Primary: Data you collect yourself in the field.
Secondary: Data collected by someone else (e.g. ONS Census).

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Primary: Data you collect yourself in the field.
Secondary: Data collected by someone else (e.g. ONS Census).

","correct":true,"explanation":"Primary data is gathered firsthand by the investigator, while secondary data has already been collected by another organisation or person, such as information from the ONS Census."},{"text":"

Primary: Data collected by someone else (e.g. ONS Census).
Secondary: Data you collect yourself in the field.

","correct":false,"explanation":"The definitions have been reversed. Data collected directly in the field is primary, whereas information produced by another source, such as the ONS Census, is secondary."},{"text":"

Primary: Data collected from maps and websites.
Secondary: Data recorded through field observations.

","correct":false,"explanation":"This confuses sources with methods: maps and websites usually provide secondary data, while observations made during fieldwork produce primary data. The correct definitions depend on who collected the data."},{"text":"

Primary: Data collected from a large sample only.
Secondary: Data collected from a small sample only.

","correct":false,"explanation":"Primary and secondary data are not distinguished by sample size. Primary data is collected by you in the field, while secondary data was collected by someone else."}]},{"id":"61931e7e-d885-4304-8076-28aee90c6444","cardType":"basic","front":"State the required qualitative and quantitative methods for an urban environment investigation.","back":"

Qualitative: Environmental Quality Survey (EQS).
Quantitative: Land-use function survey.

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Qualitative: Environmental Quality Survey (EQS).
Quantitative: Land-use function survey.

","correct":true,"explanation":"An EQS records judged environmental characteristics, making it qualitative. A land-use function survey records and categorises measurable land uses, making it quantitative."},{"text":"

Qualitative: Land-use function survey.
Quantitative: Environmental Quality Survey (EQS).

","correct":false,"explanation":"The two methods have been placed in the wrong categories. An EQS assesses environmental qualities, while a land-use function survey measures and categorises urban land uses quantitatively."},{"text":"

Qualitative: Pedestrian counts.
Quantitative: People's views (questionnaire/interview).

","correct":false,"explanation":"These are methods associated with a rural investigation and have also been reversed here. Urban investigations require an EQS for qualitative data and a land-use function survey for quantitative data."},{"text":"

Qualitative: Traffic flow survey.
Quantitative: Environmental Quality Survey (EQS).

","correct":false,"explanation":"Traffic flow is recorded numerically, not as a qualitative environmental assessment. The required urban methods are an EQS for qualitative evidence and a land-use function survey for quantitative evidence."}]},{"id":"4cbcc0b2-85a0-4713-bf33-690ad1fda4d8","cardType":"basic","front":"State the required qualitative and quantitative methods for a rural environment investigation.","back":"

Qualitative: People's views (questionnaire/interview).
Quantitati

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