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Fieldwork (human geography enquiry) Flashcards

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1
Q

What is the title for human geography enquiry?

A

How does quality of life vary in Reigate?

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How was the fieldwork related to what you have studied in class?

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studied urban development and urban issues and challenges

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What were you trying to investigate?

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how quality of life varies in Reigate through location

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4
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What was your hypothesis?

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quality of life in Reigate will differ by location

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5
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What theory linked to this fieldwork?

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Index of Deprivation

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6
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How many dimensions makes up the Index of Deprivation?

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7 dimensions

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7
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Give examples of dimensions that make up the Index of Deprivation

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income
employment
health
education
crime
services
living environment

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8
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What were the main risks of this fieldwork?

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traffic
strangers
weather
getting lost

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9
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How did you reduce the risks?

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  • pedestrian crossings / pavements
  • group of 4
  • sun cream/layers
  • emergency details/maps on phone
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What was the primary data collected?

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EQS
Car survey
photographs
place check
epitome words
soundscape
sampling with grid square

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What was the secondary data used?

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census data
index of multiple deprivation
house price data
newspapers

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What were the advantages of using a grid square?

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eliminates bias
representative of street

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What were the disadvantages of using a grid square?

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miss something
street may change

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14
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What sampling methods did you use?

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systematic

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What is the advantage of using systematic data?

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depicts change over space and time

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What is the disadvantage of using systematic data?

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miss large patterns/small patterns

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17
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Did your data collection method help prove your hypothesis?

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quality of life increased moving north through Reigate

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18
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How did you chose to present your data?

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bar chart
annotated photographs
proportional symbols

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Why was a bar chart a good way of presenting data?

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see trends clearly
categorical data
quick to analyse

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20
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Why was an annotated photograph a good way of presenting data?

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visual
socio-econ-environ characteristics

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21
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Why was proportional symbols a good way of presenting data?

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map - visual change over space

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22
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What did you find out from your fieldwork?

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quality of life improves moving north through reigate

23
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How would I improve my fieldwork?

A

take repeats - return to area
subjective - use other’s opinions

24
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How was my fieldwork reliable?

A

15 locations - good coverage of area

25
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How could I improve my data collection?

A

different times of day/season

26
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What are your main conclusions?

A

close to Reigate Hill is most desirable
- High Trees Road

27
Q

What other ways of data presentation could you have used?

A

pie chart
choropleth map

28
Q

What is primary data?

A

data collected by ourselves

29
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What is secondary data?

A

data collected by someone else before

30
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What is qualitative data?

A

data described linguistically

31
Q

Give examples of qualitative data

A

annotated photographs
opinions
newspapers

32
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What is quantitative data?

A

data described numerically

33
Q

Give examples of quantitative data

A

statistics
graphs
charts

34
Q

What is quality of life?

A

well being of population or individual at specific point in time

35
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Where is Reigate located nationally?

A

South East

36
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Where is Reigate located regionaly?

A

near London
motorway
airports

37
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Where is Reigate located locally?

A

North Downs
Crawley

38
Q

Justify the location for this fieldwork

A

local - return
low risk
range of land uses

39
Q

What is an environmental quality survey?

A

bi polar analysis assessing quality of environment

40
Q

What is a car survey?

A

tally of car brands in area

41
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What is an annotated photograph?

A

photograph with opinions / features labelled

42
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What is a place check?

A

describing amiable and disliked parts of area

43
Q

What is the IMD?

A

UK government study measuring deprivation at small area level

44
Q

What are epitome words?

A

three words to describe a place

45
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What is a soundscape?

A

recording sounds using pictures or words with reference to proximity

46
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What is an advantage of the IMD?

A

trusted
reliable
allows comparison

47
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What is a disadvantage of the IMD?

A

not real perspectives/experiences
feelings and attitudes should be used

48
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What does the IMD tell us about quality of life in reigate?

A

moving northwards

49
Q

How reliable is the conclusion drawn from the IMD?

A

government sourced
based on 2019 - changed?
not speaking to population

50
Q

What is a census?

A

system of recording data every 10 years
lawfully obliged

51
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What is an advantage of the census?

A

socioeconomic
temporal change

52
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What is a disadvantage of the census?

A

every 10 years
lacking experiences
lacking attitudes and feelings

53
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What does the census tell us about quality of life in Reigate?

A

pattern or deprivation

54
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How reliable is the census?

A

office for national statistics
10 years ago

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