Treat missing observations honestly

Fictional methods training. Use your teacher’s instructions for actual fieldwork and assessed work.

Treat missing observations honestly

Fictional general training exercise. The team uses the same pebble-axis rule at each site. Site C has no valid reading. There is no evidence that its value was zero.

SiteMeasured pebble axis (mm)Status
A23Observed
B48Observed
CMissingInstrument unreadable
D60Observed
Fictional fieldwork training data created by GeographyHelp. Not a learner’s assessed investigation.
Resource description

The team uses the same pebble-axis rule at each site. Site C has no valid reading. There is no evidence that its value was zero.

1. Calculate the mean of observed measurements only, in mm, to two decimals.

2. Which treatment preserves the evidence?

Choose an answer

3. Explain a consequence for the spatial conclusion.

The maps and data are fictional. These exercises do not count as required fieldwork.

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