© Boardworks Ltd 2008 6 of 25 Creating a hypothesis Research is the way geographers gather information to prove or disprove a hypothesis or a set of h
{"Image DocumentName": "What data could you collect to prove or disprove each hypothesis?", "Image ImageDescription": "Creating a hypothesis. A hypothesis is an idea which can be investigated and found to be true or false. Research is the way geographers gather information to prove or disprove a hypothesis or a set of hypotheses. Example hypotheses: A river gets wider as you move downstream. The school building produces its own microclimate. Land use in the town centre is mostly commercial. Teacher\u2019s notes: Possible data to collect for each hypothesis could include: 1. The river gets wider as you move downstream. Taking measurements of the width of a stream at various points from the source to the mouth. 2. Most people visiting a site of special scientific interest travelled there by car. Asking a sample of visitors to the site how they arrived there. Groups could be positioned at major entry points to the site. 3. Pedestrian numbers vary with the time of day. Counting the number of pedestrians passing a number of fixed points at three different times during a day. Photo credit: \u00a92008 JupiterImages Corporation. What data could you collect to prove or disprove each hypothesis?", "Image XResolution": "37", "Image YResolution": "37", "Image ResolutionUnit": "Pixels/Centimeter", "Image Software": "SlidePlayer", "Image YCbCrPositioning": "Centered"}