human field work

Question 1

what are the hypotheses for the investigation

Answer 1

title- what are the impacts of Keswick?
1) tourist are important to the local economy of Keswick.
2) Tourist damage the natural environment in Keswick.

Question 2

what kind of data will help answer the enquiries?

Answer 2

method 1 - questionnaire- random sampling
X wasn’t very busy meaning students asked the same people.
X unintentional bias- asked more women than men.
+ equal chance of being chosen.
Method 2 EQS- systematic sampling.
+ 200m intervals- coverage of area was wide.
X very subjective method- hard to decide on scored.

Question 3

what are the ways we presented the field work?

Answer 3

for questionnaires we presented the data with pie and bar charts.
EQS presented with a radar graph.

Question 4

describe and analyse and explain your findings ( questionnaire findings)

Answer 4

-around half of the people asked said their main purpose of travelling was for tourism.
- the rest said for other purposes.
- almost 2/3 of the people said that they travelled by car. 18% walked.
-almost 25% of the people were willing to spend put to £100 around.

Question 5

describe and analyse and explain your findings (Environmental Quality Survey)

Answer 5

• and average score for all locations was 2/5 meaning the environmental quality was good.
• tourists in Keswick tend to enjoy the natural beauty so are unlikely to cause much damage.

Question 6

what is the conclusion for the original question and decide whether these are important.(EQS)

Answer 6

tourists do not damage the environment as much as the radar surveys showed that the area was clean. but most people drove to Keswick which causes pollution.

Question 7

what is the conclusion for the original question and decide whether these are important.(questionnaire)

Answer 7

tourism does benefit keswicks economy. I think this is because it provides many jobs for the local people as 25% of the people were willing to spend up to £100.

Question 8

how can we make the experiment better?

Answer 8

• for EQS we could’ve had a key that described each score so they couldn’t be subjective.
• we should’ve went during the summer so more tourists would’ve been there.
• change random sampling to systematic so there won’t be a female bias.