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Analysing data and statistics: AQA A‑Level Geography questions

Every AQA A-Level Geography exam question on Analysing data and statistics, 2020–2025, with its mark scheme and examiner’s report.

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  1. Q02.1

    June 2025 · AS Paper 2

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    June 2025 AS Paper 2, question 02.1: Outline how coding techniques can be used when analysing text. [2 marks]
  2. Q03.4

    June 2025 · AS Paper 2

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    June 2025 AS Paper 2, question 03.4: 0 3 A group of students carried out an investigation to compare the number of shoppers in the town centre of two small towns. Town A has chain stores in an indo
  3. Q04.4

    June 2025 · AS Paper 2

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    June 2025 AS Paper 2, question 04.4: 0 4 A group of students carried out an investigation to examine sorting of pebbles on a beach at two locations. The students wanted to compare pebble sorting on
  4. Q03.1

    June 2024 · AS Paper 2

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    June 2024 AS Paper 2, question 03.1: 0 3 A student was planning fieldwork to investigate if there were significant differences in the social and economic characteristics of two similar sized towns
  5. Q03.2

    June 2024 · AS Paper 2

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    June 2024 AS Paper 2, question 03.2: 0 3 A student was planning fieldwork to investigate if there were significant differences in the social and economic characteristics of two similar sized towns
  6. Q03.3

    June 2024 · AS Paper 2

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    June 2024 AS Paper 2, question 03.3: 0 3 A student was planning fieldwork to investigate if there were significant differences in the social and economic characteristics of two similar sized towns
  7. Q03.4

    June 2024 · AS Paper 2

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    June 2024 AS Paper 2, question 03.4: 0 3 A student was planning fieldwork to investigate if there were significant differences in the social and economic characteristics of two similar sized towns
  8. Q04.1

    June 2024 · AS Paper 2

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    June 2024 AS Paper 2, question 04.1: 0 4 A student was planning fieldwork to investigate if there were significant differences in the depth of peat in two areas of moorland in the region of North E
  9. Q04.2

    June 2024 · AS Paper 2

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    June 2024 AS Paper 2, question 04.2: 0 4 A student was planning fieldwork to investigate if there were significant differences in the depth of peat in two areas of moorland in the region of North E
  10. Q04.3

    June 2024 · AS Paper 2

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    June 2024 AS Paper 2, question 04.3: 0 4 A student was planning fieldwork to investigate if there were significant differences in the depth of peat in two areas of moorland in the region of North E
  11. Q04.4

    June 2024 · AS Paper 2

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    June 2024 AS Paper 2, question 04.4: 0 4 A student was planning fieldwork to investigate if there were significant differences in the depth of peat in two areas of moorland in the region of North E
  12. Q02.3

    June 2023 · AS Paper 2

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    June 2023 AS Paper 2, question 02.3: Suggest how qualitative data collected from an interview can be analysed. [2 marks]
  13. Q03.3

    June 2023 · AS Paper 2

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    June 2023 AS Paper 2, question 03.3: 0 3 A student has carried out an investigation into changes in urban land use in a medium-sized town in the south of England. Figure 4 outlines the aim, the bac
  14. Q03.4

    June 2023 · AS Paper 2

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    June 2023 AS Paper 2, question 03.4: 0 3 A student has carried out an investigation into changes in urban land use in a medium-sized town in the south of England. Figure 4 outlines the aim, the bac
  15. Q04.3

    June 2023 · AS Paper 2

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    June 2023 AS Paper 2, question 04.3: ( y q , ) 0 4 A student carried out an investigation into changes in plant succession on sand dunes in North Wales. Figure 9 outlines the aim, the background th
  16. Q04.4

    June 2023 · AS Paper 2

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    June 2023 AS Paper 2, question 04.4: ( y q , ) 0 4 A student carried out an investigation into changes in plant succession on sand dunes in North Wales. Figure 9 outlines the aim, the background th
  17. Q03.1

    June 2022 · AS Paper 2

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    June 2022 AS Paper 2, question 03.1: 0 3 A student was planning fieldwork to investigate whether a housing development had altered the place character of a village. Figure 3 outlines the background
  18. Q04.1

    June 2022 · AS Paper 2

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    June 2022 AS Paper 2, question 04.1: 0 4 A student was planning fieldwork to investigate whether a new housing development had altered the drainage of water into a local stream after a storm event.
  19. Q02.4

    November 2020 · AS Paper 2

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    November 2020 AS Paper 2, question 02.4: Outline how data processing or presentation helped with the analysis of primary data. [6 marks]
  20. Q03.2

    November 2020 · AS Paper 2

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    November 2020 AS Paper 2, question 03.2: 0 3 A student was planning a fieldwork investigation into place satisfaction in her local town. Figure 3 outlines the background to this investigation and the s
All 25 questions on Analysing data and statistics, as a list
  1. June 2025, AS Paper 2, Q02.1 (2 marks): Outline how coding techniques can be used when analysing text. [2 marks]
  2. June 2025, AS Paper 2, Q03.4 (9 marks): 0 3 A group of students carried out an investigation to compare the number of shoppers in the town centre of two small towns. Town A has chain stores in an indo
  3. June 2025, AS Paper 2, Q04.4 (9 marks): 0 4 A group of students carried out an investigation to examine sorting of pebbles on a beach at two locations. The students wanted to compare pebble sorting on
  4. June 2024, AS Paper 2, Q03.1 (2 marks): 0 3 A student was planning fieldwork to investigate if there were significant differences in the social and economic characteristics of two similar sized towns
  5. June 2024, AS Paper 2, Q03.2 (2 marks): 0 3 A student was planning fieldwork to investigate if there were significant differences in the social and economic characteristics of two similar sized towns
  6. June 2024, AS Paper 2, Q03.3 (4 marks): 0 3 A student was planning fieldwork to investigate if there were significant differences in the social and economic characteristics of two similar sized towns
  7. June 2024, AS Paper 2, Q03.4 (9 marks): 0 3 A student was planning fieldwork to investigate if there were significant differences in the social and economic characteristics of two similar sized towns
  8. June 2024, AS Paper 2, Q04.1 (2 marks): 0 4 A student was planning fieldwork to investigate if there were significant differences in the depth of peat in two areas of moorland in the region of North E
  9. June 2024, AS Paper 2, Q04.2 (2 marks): 0 4 A student was planning fieldwork to investigate if there were significant differences in the depth of peat in two areas of moorland in the region of North E
  10. June 2024, AS Paper 2, Q04.3 (4 marks): 0 4 A student was planning fieldwork to investigate if there were significant differences in the depth of peat in two areas of moorland in the region of North E
  11. June 2024, AS Paper 2, Q04.4 (9 marks): 0 4 A student was planning fieldwork to investigate if there were significant differences in the depth of peat in two areas of moorland in the region of North E
  12. June 2023, AS Paper 2, Q02.3 (2 marks): Suggest how qualitative data collected from an interview can be analysed. [2 marks]
  13. June 2023, AS Paper 2, Q03.3 (4 marks): 0 3 A student has carried out an investigation into changes in urban land use in a medium-sized town in the south of England. Figure 4 outlines the aim, the bac
  14. June 2023, AS Paper 2, Q03.4 (9 marks): 0 3 A student has carried out an investigation into changes in urban land use in a medium-sized town in the south of England. Figure 4 outlines the aim, the bac
  15. June 2023, AS Paper 2, Q04.3 (4 marks): ( y q , ) 0 4 A student carried out an investigation into changes in plant succession on sand dunes in North Wales. Figure 9 outlines the aim, the background th
  16. June 2023, AS Paper 2, Q04.4 (9 marks): ( y q , ) 0 4 A student carried out an investigation into changes in plant succession on sand dunes in North Wales. Figure 9 outlines the aim, the background th
  17. June 2022, AS Paper 2, Q03.1 (2 marks): 0 3 A student was planning fieldwork to investigate whether a housing development had altered the place character of a village. Figure 3 outlines the background
  18. June 2022, AS Paper 2, Q04.1 (2 marks): 0 4 A student was planning fieldwork to investigate whether a new housing development had altered the drainage of water into a local stream after a storm event.
  19. November 2020, AS Paper 2, Q02.4 (6 marks): Outline how data processing or presentation helped with the analysis of primary data. [6 marks]
  20. November 2020, AS Paper 2, Q03.2 (4 marks): 0 3 A student was planning a fieldwork investigation into place satisfaction in her local town. Figure 3 outlines the background to this investigation and the s
  21. November 2020, AS Paper 2, Q03.3 (2 marks): Interpret the findings from Figure 6. [2 marks]
  22. November 2020, AS Paper 2, Q03.4 (9 marks): Using Figures 3, 4, 5 and 6, evaluate how far the data collected and the way it was processed would be useful for proving her hypothesis: ‘The residents of the
  23. November 2020, AS Paper 2, Q04.2 (4 marks): 0 4 A student was planning a fieldwork investigation into the quality of flood management strategies for two rivers in the north west of England. Figure 7 outli
  24. November 2020, AS Paper 2, Q04.3 (2 marks): Interpret the findings from Figure 10. [2 marks]
  25. November 2020, AS Paper 2, Q04.4 (9 marks): Using Figures 7, 8, 9 and 10, evaluate how far the data collected and the way it was processed would be useful for proving his hypothesis: ‘The

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