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Research Lesson 5
Worked Example for the Main activity
Challenge topic: Changing communities

Primary research questionnaire: To find out how local people feel about the
use of cars and public transport.

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Suggested answers:
Name: Probably doesn’t need to be included unless you want to follow up with further
questions/an interview.
Male/Female: Useful if comparing information between these two groups.
Age: Useful if analysing information gained according to age groups.
1 This is a good question as it is clear, specific and related to topic.
It could be broken down further into different types of public transport.
2 This is a leading question with only one option,
so it is not a good question.
3 Although related to the topic, this question is not specific (lacking in choices)
and is open to interpretation as to what is meant by ‘a lot’.
4 This is a fairly good question because of the room to explain. Although some people might
not answer the ‘why’ part, because it would take time to write an answer, the question
would still give some information about views on whether cars cause air pollution.
5 This is not relevant to the topic.
6 This is not clear enough as there are two choices in the question.
7 This is not relevant to the topic.
8 This is a good question – clear, specific and related to the purpose and topic.
9 As there is only one option available, this is a leading question.
10 This is a leading question and not relevant to the purpose, which is to find out
about the use of cars and public transport.

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