JC Ss Unit 2 Assignmet Final

JC: Social Studies Unit 2: Assignment
Botswana Open University
Junior Certificate Programme

Social Studies
Unit 2 Assignment
Duration: I hour 30 minutes Total: 40 marks
Instructions
1. This unit assignment is made of two sections being A and B.
2. Answer all questions in the spaces provided
This assignment consists of 4 printed pages © 2018 BOU

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Section A [18 marks]

1. What is a research project?
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2. State two reasons for carrying out a research?

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3. What is Literature review?

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4. State any three methods that can be used to collect information for a project.
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5. State any three methods of presenting data.

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6. What is sampling?
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7. Briefly explain each of the following sampling methods [3 marks]

a) Random sampling
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b) Quota sampling
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c) Snowballing
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8. Explain one way in which participant observation is different from non participant
observation
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9. What is the difference between open-ended questions and close-ended questions?

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Section B [22 marks]

Study the information about Lorato’s project to answer Questions 1 to 11
Lorato a student at Mmakgori secondary school conducted a research project on the causes of
road accidents in her locality and she presented her findings as follows:
Causes of road accidents 2006 2007
Careless driving 542 667
Domestic/wild animals 405 417
Unlicensed drivers 420 466
Pedestrian error 390 405
Vehicle defects 290 299
Influence of drinks $ drugs (alcohol included) 129 151
Bad weather 106 133
1. Suggest the suitable title for Lorato’s project.

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2. State any two things that Lorato did when preparing to collect data.
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3. State any one appropriate method that can be used to collect data for Lorato’s project.
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4. State any two possible objectives of Lorato’s project.

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5. State any two possible findings of the project from the aims stated in d above.
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6. What was the trend of accidents from 2006 to 2007?

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7. State any two recommendations that can be made based on the findings of the project.
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8. Give any two possible conclusions that can be made on the basis of the findings of the
project.
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9. State any two problems that Lorato could have encountered during her research.
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10. Suggest how you could have dealt with any two of the problems stated in question 9
above.
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11. Present Lorato’s findings in a bar chart. [5 marks]

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JC: Social Studies Unit 2: Assignment

Botswana Open University

Junior Certificate Programme

Duration: I hour 30 minutes Total: 40 marks

1. This unit assignment is made of two sections being A and B.

2. Answer all questions in the spaces provided

This assignment consists of 4 printed pages © 2018 BOU

Section A [18 marks]

2. State two reasons for carrying out a research?

3. What is Literature review?

5. State any three methods of presenting data.

7. Briefly explain each of the following sampling methods [3 marks]

This assignment consists of 4 printed pages © 2018 BOU

9. What is the difference between open-ended questions and close-ended questions?

Section B [22 marks]

Causes of road accidents 2006 2007

Careless driving 542 667

Domestic/wild animals 405 417

Unlicensed drivers 420 466

Pedestrian error 390 405

Vehicle defects 290 299

Influence of drinks $ drugs (alcohol included) 129 151

Bad weather 106 133

1. Suggest the suitable title for Lorato’s project.

4. State any two possible objectives of Lorato’s project.

This assignment consists of 4 printed pages © 2018 BOU

6. What was the trend of accidents from 2006 to 2007?

11. Present Lorato’s findings in a bar chart. [5 marks]

This assignment consists of 4 printed pages © 2018 BOU

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