paper 3 10 marker

evaluative points for data on inflation

• basket of goods → not always representative of the population → eg 10% include motoring costs but not everyone drives

• does’t account for changes in the quality of the goods in the basket

evaluative points for data on unemployment

• doesnt reflect hidden unemployment or under emloyment

• claimant count → many individuals don’t claim due to savings or social norms

evaluative points for a decline in employment in an industry to show a decline in an industry

• improvement in capital substitutes → firms switching to capital alternatives

problems with averages

• mask extreemes/inequality

• can be influenced by single extreeme values

• hide variation

opposite of absolute

relative

opposite of quantitative

qualitative

qualitative

measuring the quality of something rather than its quantity