Field Survey Techniques
Geography ⇒ Geographical Skills and Techniques
Field Survey Techniques starts at 10 and continues till grade 12.
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A field survey team wants to study the impact of a new highway on local businesses. Suggest a suitable sampling method and justify your choice.
Describe the main steps involved in planning a field survey.
Describe two advantages and two disadvantages of using interviews as a field survey technique.
Explain the difference between open-ended and closed-ended questions in field surveys.
Explain the difference between random sampling and systematic sampling in field surveys.
A field survey team wants to study the impact of a new highway on local businesses. Suggest a suitable sampling method and justify your choice.
A group of students is conducting a land use survey in a city. They divide the city into 100 equal squares and select every 10th square for detailed study. Which sampling method are they using? (1) Random, (2) Systematic, (3) Stratified, (4) Cluster
A surveyor wants to estimate the average household size in a village of 200 houses. If she selects 20 houses at random, what is the sampling fraction?
A group of students is conducting a land use survey in a city. They divide the city into 100 equal squares and select every 10th square for detailed study. Which sampling method are they using? (1) Random, (2) Systematic, (3) Stratified, (4) Cluster
Which instrument is commonly used to measure land elevation during a field survey? (1) Hygrometer, (2) Altimeter, (3) Barometer, (4) Thermometer
Which of the following is a disadvantage of using questionnaires in field surveys? (1) Time-consuming, (2) Subjective bias, (3) Limited to literate respondents, (4) All of the above
Which of the following is a limitation of field surveys? (1) High cost, (2) Time-consuming, (3) Limited coverage, (4) All of the above
Fill in the blank: The __________ is a document that contains a list of questions used to collect information from respondents.
Fill in the blank: The __________ is the entire group about which information is desired in a survey.
Fill in the blank: The __________ is the group of individuals or items from which data is collected in a survey.
Fill in the blank: The __________ method involves collecting data by observing and recording phenomena as they occur in the field.
True or False: A pilot survey is conducted before the main field survey to test the feasibility of the survey design.
True or False: Data collected through observation is always objective and free from bias.
True or False: In cluster sampling, the population is divided into groups and entire groups are randomly selected for the survey.
True or False: Secondary data is collected directly from the field by the researcher.
