SPS SPS SM Statistics 2022 February — Question 12

Exam BoardSPS
ModuleSPS SM Statistics (SPS SM Statistics)
Year2022
SessionFebruary
TopicData representation
TypeInappropriate graph type selection

12. The four pie charts illustrate the numbers of employees using different methods of travel in four Local Authorities in 2011.
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Public transport
\(\therefore\)Private motorised transport
\(\therefore\)Bicycle
All other methods of travel
\end{table}
  1. State, with reasons, which of the four Local Authorities is most likely to be a rural area with many hills.
  2. Two of the Local Authorities represent urban areas.
    1. State with a reason which two Local Authorities are likely to be urban.
    2. One urban Local Authority introduced a Park-and-Ride service in 2006. Users of this service drive to the edge of the urban area and then use buses to take them into the centre of the area. A student claims that a comparison of the corresponding pie charts for 2001 (not shown) and 2011 would enable them to identify which Local Authority this was. State with a reason whether you agree with the student.
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