Fieldwork Paper 3 things to know

Question 1

what is a risk assessment?

Answer 1

considering the potential risk to people conducting the experiment

Question 2

what things should be considered in a risk assessment

Answer 2

• appropriate clothing
• weather conditions
• appropriate equipment
• supervision for young people
• first aider nearby
• city awareness and personal safety
• travel to and from site

Question 3

validity

Answer 3

• accuracy

- relevance to question/does it answer question

Question 4

reliability

Answer 4

• consistent measure

- results will be similar if tested again and again

Question 5

what is stratified sampling?

Answer 5

data taken from DIFFERENT GROUPS/AREAS to get an overall representation

Question 6

what is systematic sampling?

Answer 6

data taken at regular intervals

Question 7

what is random sampling?

Answer 7

a random selection of data

Question 8

what are qualitative techniques?

Answer 8

• a JUDGEMENT from the person collecting the data.

- more opinion based.

Question 9

what are quantitive techniques?

Answer 9

• produces numerical values

- usually consists of factual information that can be counted and used in fieldwork

Question 10

what is secondary data?

Answer 10

collected by SOMEONE ELSE

Question 11

what is primary data?

Answer 11

information that you collect yourself, eg tallies, measurements and photographs