CSEC Social Studies Paper 3 January 2019 - Free CXC Past Paper with Answers

A government health agency asks you to prepare a report on the playing of loud music in public transportation vehicles in your community. In order to prepare the report you decide to conduct research so that your findings and recommendations are based on actual data.

Write a problem statement that will guide your research.

Identify TWO terms from your problem statement that you will need to define.

Other than a direct interview, identify TWO research instruments you can use to gather data for the research.

State TWO problems you are likely to experience if you choose to use the direct interview method to gather data.

Suggest ONE research question you will pose to guide the research.

State TWO sources you will use to obtain background information on this topic.

State the method you will use to select the sample for the research.

Outline ONE reason for selecting the method of sampling given in (a).

State ONE disadvantage of using the method selected in (a).

It is ethical for the researcher to ensure that there is confidentiality in collecting and handling data. State TWO ways by which you will protect the identity of the members of the sample.

Questions 4 and 5 are based on the case study presented below. Read the case carefully and answer both questions.

Madison High School

Madison High School is located in the village of Mount Young. The school has a population of 946 female students ranging in age from 12 to 18 years. The principal was concerned about two main issues affecting the school population:

Issue 1. The growing rate of teenage pregnancy at Madison High
Issue 2. The small number of girls returning to school after giving birth, even though school policy allowed them to do so

The principal contracted the local university to conduct a survey on the two issues.

The sample consisted of 125 students who had dropped out of school, over the last four years, as a result of pregnancy. With regard to Issue 1, the survey revealed that 50 students were unaware of where to obtain free contraceptives and 75 were not exposed to appropriate sex education programmes.

In relation to Issue 2, 30 students were unaware that they could return to school, 25 had no interest in continuing education, 50 did not have adequate childcare support and 20 could not financially afford to return to school.

The findings were presented to the principal and staff, and recommendations were made based on the findings.

(a) Write TWO statements of fact about Madison High School.

Write ONE research question which could have guided any one of the issues investigated.

State TWO findings of the study conducted by the researchers.

Outline ONE problem the researchers might have encountered in collecting the data for the study.

The table below presents the data collected for Issue 2.

(a) Complete the table by calculating and inserting the percentage of respondents who indicated that they

lacked adequate childcare support
could not financially afford to return to school.

State ONE method, other than a bar graph or a table, that could be used to display the data.

On the grid provided below, use a bar graph to display the number of respondents who supplied each reason given in the table.

Marks will be awarded as follows:

Axes labels (2 marks)
Accuracy of bars (3 marks)

Reasons for Not Returning to School

Axis label

Based on the findings, state ONE recommendation which the researchers could have made to address each issue.

Issue 1

Issue 2

CSEC Social Studies Paper 3 January 2019 Questions

Question 1 (8 marks)

Question 2 (6 marks)

Question 3 (6 marks)

Question 4 (14 marks)

Madison High School

Question 5 (13 marks)

Reasons for Not Returning to School