Fieldwork Human Flashcards
Enquiry question?
How and why are there variations ni quality of life for different areas within Bournemouth?
Key questions
Why is boscombe so deprived to rest of bounremouth?
How does environmental quality differ between chuchill gardens and shelley park
How does housing quality differ between churchill gardens and shelley park
Why is it a reasonable choice of place
Boscombe is on the south coast of England, Parts of bournemouth,have a population of 1000p people
Boscombe has a large range of quality of life,manageable size and safe location
Risks and hazards
Getting lost from group-no lond working in Boscombe have to be in groups of 3 and stay in groups. If lost call emergency number and go to the emergency meeting point of group
Residence-try to not draw attention to the public and not be loud as people can shout at you so ignore them
Traffic-look both ways before crossing the road and wait for green ma
Weather-wear sunscreen to reduce risk of headache and lots of layers in cold
Qunatitive test measuring emviornmental quality
• Systematic Sampling – measured on a main road in both areas and one N/S
street and one E/W street in both Boscombe East and Boscombe West.
• As a result we did 3 EQS in Boscombe East and 3 in Boscombe West.
• We measured 7 different factors: noise, greenery and open space, conditions od
housing, services, safety if alone, litter/graffiti/vandalism, traffic.
• We measured using a bi-polar scale between -2 (v. bad) and +2 (v. good) and had
a description of what a -2 and +2 would be.
• The best score for an area would have been +12 and the worst -12. We added up
all of the scores for the factors and found an average EQS for both areas.
Qualititive test- perception of how quality of life was different in boscome east and west
• Systematic Sampling – before we went to each area we placed a dot in the
middle of the map of Boscombe East and Boscombe West.
• We then found the closest building/street to this dot and took the photo.
• We annotated the diagram with factors such as: house type, house density,
house quality, green space, traffic, proximity to services, air quality etc… as
we thought these would show us how we perceived.
How does bi polar survey relate to answering enquiry question?
Q3 How does environmental quality and housing quality differ between Boscombe West
and Bostcombe East?
The bi-polar survey assesses the difference and give a numerical score for
environmental factors in our 2 different locations.
Binoolar survey sampling technique and sample size
Area choice: Stratified so we could
get two areas with different Q of L
(Quality of Life)
Location A,B,C choice: stratified
3 locations in 2 areas.
Total sample size: 6
Bipolar survey strengths
Good to get average data when large
group is collected, this could avoid bias.
You are doing the data collection in the
area you are researching.
Straightforward to do and easy to
compare to different sites.
Binpolar survey weaknesses
Very opinion based (you may have a
different idea of what a +2 is!
Time/date: less people around could be less
noise/traffic. Day time on a Monday, could
the area be different in the evening.
You are looking at one small area of a street
and may not get a full picture.
Mood mapping-how does this method answer enquiry title?
Q3 How does environmental quality and housing quality differ between Boscombe West
and Boscombe East?
It can help build up a picture of how the place you are visiting feels and allows for
comparisons of different areas to be made.
Mood mapping-sampling technique and sample size
Area choice: Stratified so we could get
two areas with different Q of L (Quality of
Life)
Location A,B,C choice: stratified
Qualitative data so difficult to analyse.
3 locations in 2 areas.
Total sample size: 6
Mood mapping-strengths and weaknesses
Strengths-If the same person is doing all the sites
then the data is more reliable as they will
feel the same.
Gives a ‘feeling’ for the area, something
that quantitative data (numbers) cannot
do.
Weaknesses-Very subjective!!
Depending on how you’re feeling
during the day you may change your
emotion. E.g. if you are hungry may
feel lower energy.
Your mood changes throughout the
day.
Qualitative data so difficult to analyse.
Conclusion
-primary data backs up secondary data-shows big gap quality of life between both areas
-average EQS shelley park was +1.5 compared to -0.15 in bsocombe west(between max score -2 and +2) environement better 5/7 factors we measured in shelley
-bwocmbe scored worse for building wuality, litter and vandalism and safety due to high density terraced housing and lots of buildings been built there.
- Boscombe west bad building quality-damage to bricks and windows, no parking space,houses on road,poor health for people from polution air and noise and low wealth.
-shelley park low density detached houses, good parking and more green
Quantitive data alternatives for method
-5 or +5 scoring
- not having 0 as middle point
-use a noise meter on our phone
-we could have done/used traffic count to get data
