Students were doing fieldwork in their local town centre. They wanted to find out how the main shopping street had changed and what people who came to shop in the town centre thought about shopping here. They tested the following hypotheses: Hypothesis 1: Shops and services on the main shopping street have changed between 1981 and 2012. Hypothesis 2: Most people in the local area have positive opinions about shopping in the town centre.

1. (a)(i)First the students completed a land use map along the main shopping street. This map is shown in Fig. 12 opposite. Which one of the following shops or services occupies building X on Fig. 12? Tick your choice. bookshop clothes and shoe shop grocery store solicitor supermarket[1]
2. (a)(ii)On Fig. 12, use the key to show a bank at building Y.[1]
3. (a)(iii)What type of shop or service is located 58 metres north of the church?[1]
4. (a)(iv)Describe the distribution of houses shown on Fig. 12.[1]
5. (a)(v)Identify one difference between the distribution of food and specialist non-food shops shown on Fig. 12.[1]
6. (b)(i)To compare the different shops and services in 1981 and 2012 the students produced Table 6 below. [Table 6] The students obtained the data for 1981 from an old map of the area. Which one of the following is the correct description of this old map? Tick (✔) your choice. primary source of data secondary source of data tertiary source of data[1]
7. (b)(ii)The students used Table 6 to draw the graph, Fig. 13, below. Complete the graph to show the changes in the number of food shops and entertainment services. [Figure 13][2]
8. (b)(iii)What conclusion would the students make about Hypothesis 1: Shops and services on the main shopping street have changed between 1981 and 2012? Support your decision with evidence from Table 6 and Fig. 13.[4]
9. (c)(i)To investigate Hypothesis 2: Most people in the local area have positive opinions about shopping in the town centre, the students used a questionnaire with people on the main shopping street. The questionnaire is shown in Fig. 14 (Insert). The students asked people to complete their questionnaire between 10.00 hours and 12.00 hours on a working day. The results of the age group survey are shown in Table 7 below. [Table 7] Suggest two reasons why the number of people in the different age groups varied. 1 ................................................................................................................................................... 2 ...................................................................................................................................................[2]
10. (c)(ii)How could the students have got a more even distribution of age groups to survey?[1]
11. (d)(i)Table 8 below shows the results of Question 1 in the questionnaire. [Table 8] Use the results from Table 8 and the key below to complete the pie graph, Fig. 15, below. [Figure 15][2]
12. (d)(ii)Table 9 below shows the results of Question 2 in the questionnaire. [Table 9] Use the results from Table 9 and the key below to complete the divided bar graph, Fig. 16, below. [Figure 16][2]
13. (d)(iii)The students put the answers to Questions 3 and 4 in the questionnaire into groups. These results are shown in Table 10 (Insert). Under which advantage or disadvantage in Table 10 would the following answers be included? 1 I often visit the shop which sells rare books and antiques. Heading ....................................................................................................................................... 2 I prefer to shop in another city where there are department stores and more shops which sell clothes and jewellery. Heading .......................................................................................................................................[2]
14. (d)(iv)The students reached the conclusion that Hypothesis 2: Most people in the local area have positive opinions about shopping in the town centre was false. Support this conclusion with evidence from the results of the questionnaire.[4]
15. (e)(i)Some students also included the question ‘Where do you live?' in their questionnaire. How could they use the answers to this question to extend their fieldwork?[3]
16. (e)(ii)Why might people object to being asked this question?[2]

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