Geography GCSE
Primary evidence
What Primary evidence means in Geography GCSE, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Primary evidence
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Reference: AQA
Data you collect firsthand, such as measuring river velocity or conducting pedestrian counts in an urban centre.
Topics that use Primary evidence
- Section B: Fieldwork (AQA GCSE)
Related terms
- Cartographic methods
- Cartographical presentation
- Continuous data
- Data analysis
- Data evaluation
- Data presentation
- Discrete data
- Fieldwork evaluation
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