7-Unseen fieldwork Flashcards
1
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What are the 5 stages of a geographical enquiry?
A
- Planning stage
- Data collection stage
- Data presentation
- Data Analysis
- Conclusions/Evaluation
2
Q
What are the 2 parts of the planning stage of an enquiry?
A
1) Identifying the questions or issue you want to investigate
2) Form a hypothesis that you can test
3
Q
In data collection what do we need to show awareness for?
A
- Accuracy
- Reliability
- Sample size
4
Q
What does sampling do?
A
Remove bias
5
Q
What are the 3 types of sampling?
A
- Random sampling-every member of the population has equal chance of being chosen
- Systematic sampling-samples are chosen in a regular way
- Stratified sampling-samples are broken into sub-groups e.g. asking the same number of residents and non-residents
6
Q
What is primary data?
A
Information that you have collected yourself
7
Q
What is secondary data?
A
Information that someone has previously collected and made available
8
Q
What are the quantitative data presentation methods?
A
- Pie charts
- Bar charts
- Histogram
- Line graph
- Pictogram
- Flow lines
- Radar diagram
- Proportional diagram
- Scatter graphs
9
Q
What are the qualitative data presentation methods?
A
- Word clouds
- Annotated photos
- Quotation Banks
- Mind Mapping
10
Q
What are some general points for evaluation?
A
- Larger sample size
- More sampling points
- Different type of sampling
- Suggesting other data that could be collected and might have been useful
- Suggesting an alternate presentation technique
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