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A-Level GeographyYear 2017Q3

12 3 A student collected fieldwork data on how environmental quality varied with distance from a flagship regeneration scheme in the centre of Birmingham. Study Figure 3 below, which shows a partly completed Spearman‘s rank correlation coefficient test. (a) (i) Complete the statistical test by filling in the table below. (2) Distance from flagship regeneration (metres) Rank distance Environmental Quality Score Rank Environmental Quality Difference between ranks (d) d² 50 1 +4 2 1 1 100 2 +5 1 1 1 150 3 +3 3 0 0 200 4 -1 8 4 16 250 5 +2 4.5 0.5 0.25 300 6 +2 4.5 1.5 2.25 350 7 0 7 0 0 400 8 1 6 450 9 -2 9 0 0 500 10 -4 10 0 0 ∑d² = Figure 3 (ii) The student determined that there was a strong negative correlation between environmental quality score and distance from the flagship regeneration scheme. Explain what is meant by a negative correlation. 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(Total for Question 3 = 18 marks) Turn over 15 BLANK PAGE

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Syllabus levelAdvanced Level (A-Level)
SubjectGeography
Official MarksVariable (2–6 marks)