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Migration and urbanisation flashcards

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What does a study of 60 people show, compared with "everyone who moves is better off"?: The study is evidence about those 60. "Everyone who moves is better off" is a generalisation.
What can opinion survey data show, and what can it not?: A survey shows what people believe, not why something happens. Opinion data is not causal evidence.
Which is the fact and which the claim: "3,000 permits were approved" and "migrants push up rents"?: The number of permits is a checkable fact. "Migrants push up rents" is a claim needing evidence.
Why is naming a group's view not enough to show a perspective?: You must explain why they hold it: the pressures, values or interests behind it (for example livelihood versus budget, short-term versus long-term), and how it differs from another group's view.
How do you build an Individual Report question from a broad topic?: Name a specific issue and setting, and leave room for more than one perspective, for example "Should upstream and downstream countries share responsibility equally for managing a shared river's water supply?".
A survey of 150 people in one town is said to show the nation's view. Give two weaknesses: The sample is small and from one place, so it cannot support a national claim; and there is no information on how people were chosen, so it may not be representative.