Geography GCSE
Secondary evidence
What Secondary evidence means in Geography GCSE, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Secondary evidence
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Reference: AQA
Data collected by others used to support your investigation, such as historical maps, census data, or Environment Agency flood risk maps.
Topics that use Secondary evidence
- Section B: Fieldwork (AQA GCSE)
Related terms
- Cartographic methods
- Cartographical presentation
- Continuous data
- Data analysis
- Data evaluation
- Data presentation
- Discrete data
- Fieldwork evaluation
Using Secondary evidence in the exam
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