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, Question Answer Additional guidance Mark
number
1(a) B1 for one of: B1 for identifying why it is (1)
it would be faster or it would take too long to collect the data appropriate to use secondary
himself data.
data is easily accessible/easier to collect or too much data to Allow a disadvantage of primary
collect/analyse / not practical to collect himself data as long as it is clear that they
it would be cheaper or it would be too expensive to collect the are referring to primary data.
data himself e.g. people might not want to tell
Matthew their average income –
sensitive question
B0 for more accurate or more
data.
(b) B1 for West Virginia, Arkansas, Mississippi B1 for identifying the three states (1)
with the lowest mean household
incomes in any order.
If additional states are included
B0.
(c) B2 for e.g. B2 for identifying relevant (2)
the darkest shading is shown on the West coast and East coast, features of the choropleth map
so the conclusion is supported / Matthew is correct with assessment of the
the lowest mean incomes are found in the centre of the map so appropriateness of the conclusion
the conclusion is supported/Matthew is correct. Allow reference to coasts if East
Colorado is also a high income state and that is in the centre of and West are not written.
the country, so the conclusion is not supported / Matthew is For East coast allow reference to
incorrect two or more named states on the
most of the coastal states have incomes of ≥ 100 (thousands), coast.
so the conclusion is supports/Matthew is correct. For West coast allow reference to
California and Washington.
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