Familiar Fieldwork - Human Flashcards
What is the inquiry question?
How does the quality of life vary in Reigate?
What is the theory/hypothesis?
Quality of life, Cycle of poverty, Index of Multiple deprivation
What was the risk assessment?
Traffic - aware of surroundings & cautious of cars
Strangers - Stayed in groups
Weather - Suncream and waterproofs
Getting lost - familiar with local area
What was the location?
Reigate, Surrey
South-East England
25 miles from London
Why was the site suitable?
Local to school
Low risk
Range of land use
What sampling method did we use?
Grid square - covered large area
Systematic - 75 paces along
What were the disadvantages of the sampling method?
Bias
Miss smaller patterns
What were the advantages of the sampling method?
Reliable
Shows change over space/time
What primary data did we collect?
Environmental Quality Survey (EQS)
Car survey
Photographs
Place check
Epitome Words
Sound scape
What secondary data did we collect?
Census data
Index of multiple deprivation
House price data
Newspapers
How did we present our data?
Multiple Bar Graphs - ESQ
Annotated photographs
Proportional symbols
What was our conclusion?
Quality of Life in Reigate improves as you head North or to areas of high relief
What were our improvements?
Return at different times of year - expect different results
Why would you expect different results at a different time?
Rush hour = more cars
Weather = less greenery
