Birmingham (Paper 3) Flashcards
1
Q
What is the title of the investigation?
A
Investigating the differences between redeveloped and non redeveloped areas in central Birmingham
2
Q
What was good about Birmingham for the location of study?
A
- Lots of recent redevelopments
- Easily accessible from school
- Several redeveloped areas within walking distance of each other
3
Q
What were the potential risks of the investigation?
A
- Conflict with other pedestrians
- Falling/tripping
- Weather related risks
- Traffic/road accidents
- Getting lost
4
Q
What factors were we investigating?
A
Environmental quality
Pedestrian count
Traffic count
5
Q
What sampling method was used?
A
Stratified
6
Q
What was the method used to measure environmental quality?
A
Bipolar survey
7
Q
How did we carry out the bipolar survey?
A
- Spent time observing site
- Considered variety of factors (pollution , appearance)
- Rated from +2 to -2
8
Q
What is a disadvantage of the bipolar survey? How did we overcome this to achieve the most accurate results?
A
It is opinion based. We averaged out results to reduce individual subjectivity
9
Q
What was the method used to study pedestrian count?
A
- 4 people stood in pedestrian site
- One person counted number of people walking past a certain point
- 2 more people stood on either side of the counter to say how many people were coming
- Other person timed exactly 5 minutes with a stopwatch
