Fieldwork Flashcards
What is the name of the location of fieldwork?
We did our fieldwork at Whitstable.
What did we do at Whitstable?
The location of the fieldwork.
What is the hypothesis of the physical fieldwork?
The hypothesis is that hard engineering is controlling Longshore drift at Whitstable.
What are our reasons for the hypothesis at Whitstable?
The reasons are that it gives a focus for my study. It is measureable. Only simple equipment is needed.
What is our secondary data for the fieldwork?
The secondary data was the OS Map.
What are two advantages of using the OS Map as secondary data?
From the OS Map, we can see groynes are in place so we know that coastal defences are not being used, meaning we could measure the differences in drop height to find out if the groynes are stopping longshore drift at Whitstable.
We can work out how far Whitstable is from the school, meaning we can decide on an appropriate time to leave to collect all the information we need to prove or disprove the hypothesis.
What are two disadvantages of using an OS Map as our secondary data?
The map is from 2021, meaning certain features may have changed, meaning we may need to adapt our plan on the day.
It does not give us information on things such as tide times therefore we will have to look elsewhere fort his information.
How would you make a map more useful?
You would make a map more useful by making it more detailed, however that may be.
What is reliability?
Reliability is when someone repeats the same experiment and gets the same (or at least similar) results.
What is accuracy?
Accuracy is how close a measurement or representation is to the actual value in the real world.
What is validity?
Validity is the trueness of a measurement or result, and whether it represents what it’s supposed to measure.
Name the differences in the groyne heights from groyne 1 to 5.
At groyne 1, the difference between north and south was 30cm.
4 out of 5 groynes, the greatest drop height is on the what side, and what groyne supports this the most, and what is drop height on this groyne?
4 out of 5 groynes, the greatest drop height is on the south side, with a drop height from the south to the north side of 67cm.
What are the 6 stages to the fieldwork process?
Question/hypothesis - Risk assessment.
Data collection - Primary, secondary, quantitative, qualitative.
Data presentation.
Data analysis.
Conclusion.
Evaluation.
What is the human fieldwork hypothesis?
Tourism has a negative environmental impact on Whitstable.
What is the first thing you would want to do if you want to do a fieldwork?
You have to research theories and concepts.
Through previous case studies (Kenya) we know generally, tourism has…
had an environmental negative impact, due to releasing carbon dioxide from burning fossil fuels and other activities.
What is the second step if you were to want to do a fieldwork?
Hypothesis (statement based on theory you are proving or disproving).
What is the third step if you were to want to do a fieldwork
Finding out the location.
What festival brings many tourists to Whitstable, and what does it result in after the event?
The Whitstable Rocks Oyster festival brings many tourists to Whitstable, however lots of litter and rubbish is left on the coast afterwards.
What are two risks in our human fieldwork?
The two risks are getting lost, and traffic.
Why is getting lost a risk in our human fieldwork?
Getting lost is risk because there are unfamiliar surroundings that people may get lost and split up.
What is the solution to getting lost in our human fieldwork?
The solution is that all students had a mobile phone with an emergency contact and all students had a map that they could read.
Why is traffic a risk in our human fieldwork?
Traffic is a risk because students could have been hit by cars, and there were sharp turns in the road, and there were not many traffic light facilities.
What was the solution to traffic in our human fieldwork?
The solution was that students looked both ways on the road before crossing, only used pedestrian crossings and we walked in single-file lines.
Why was our hypothesis useful in our human fieldwork?
It gives us the study direction, and tells us what to test.
Why was our hypothesis easy to investigate in our human fieldwork?
Could be done using simple equipment (metre ruler).
What is the disadvantage of using simple equipment in our fieldwork?
High possibility of human error.
What are the two reasons of suitability of Whitstable for physical fieldwork?
It is only a 1 hour 40 minute drive from our school, and it employs groynes to stop longshore drift.
What are the two reasons of suitability of Whitstable for human fieldwork?
It is only a 1 hour 40 minute drive from our school, and it is a tourist destination in the summer months that we were there.
What is our secondary data in our fieldwork?
Our secondary data was an OS map.
What are the advantages of an OS map as our secondary data?
We can identify parking areas and access routes to areas, reduce the risk of getting lost. Decide upon the areas we would like to sample, meaning we picked areas close enough together. We can work out how far Whitstable is from the school, so decide to upon an appropriate time.
What are the disadvantages of having an OS map as our secondary data?
The map is from 2021, meaning certain features may have changed, such as road layout, meaning that access to sites may have changed.
What was our primary, quantitative data in our human fieldwork?
Our primary, quantitative data was our environmental quality survey.
What is the advantage of stratified sampling?
Proving that it is tourists that are affecting the environment and not just the residents of Whitstable.
What are the two disadvantages of our environmental quality survey (EQS) in our fieldwork?
The EQS is subjective, and this leads to bias, which causes unreliable results. We also only visited one tourist destination in Whitstable, meaning that this one site could be an anomaly.
How did we overcome the disadvantage of our environmental quality survey (EQS) of being subjective?
We overcame this disadvantage by getting 30 students to complete the EQS and then finding the mean of their scores.
What is our primary qualitative data in our fieldwork?
Our primary qualitative data is taking photographs.
