Human Landscapes Fieldwork - Paper 3

Question 1

what was the theory we wanted to test

Answer 1

if the Burgess model fits Guildford

Question 2

why did we choose Guildford for our fieldwork

Answer 2

it is easily accessible from school
not too large or small so easy to sample

Question 3

how do residents interact with the physical landscape of Guildford

Answer 3

there is a river running through Guildford therefore they had to build around it and mostly everything is one side of the river

Guildford is close to London and other important areas so residents can easily travel in and out

Question 4

how do visitors interact with the physical landscape of Guildford

Answer 4

They are using the river for activites such as kayaking but in the past it could have been used during the industrial revolution

Question 5

what was the purpose/aim of our fieldwork

Answer 5

to see how the quality of life and characteristics changes the further you move away from the CBD

Question 6

what were my enquiry questions

Answer 6

how does land use change in Guildford?

How does the environment change in Guildford ?

How does housing type change as we move away from the CBD?

How safe/clean is Guildford as you move further away from the CBD?

Question 7

what are the 6 stages of the enquiry process

Answer 7

1. Identifying suitable question for geographical enquiry
2. Selecting , measuring and recordign data appropriate to enquiry
3. Selecting appropriate ways of processing and presenting data
4. Describing, analysing and explaining fieldwork data
5. Reaching conclusions
6. Evaluating the geographical enquiry

Question 8

what is qualitative

Answer 8

words and meanings

Question 9

what is quantitative

Answer 9

numbers and statistics

Question 10

explain how we did our shop and services tally

Answer 10

put types of shops into categories
walk along the transect
tally the shops and services
count the total number of shops and services in each category

Question 11

explain how we did our land use survey

Answer 11

put types of housing into categories
walk along the transect
Tally the housing
count the total

Question 12

explain how we did our environmental investigation

Answer 12

walk along the transect
take pictures of the surrounding
Annotate the photos
Analyse the environment

Question 13

what type of sampling types is the buildings tally

Answer 13

systematic sampling

Question 14

what type of sampling types is the housing tally

Answer 14

systematic sampling

Question 15

what type of sampling types is the taking and annotating photos

Answer 15

systematic and random sampling

Question 16

what were the strengths of the buildings tally

Answer 16

no biased opinions

Question 17

what were the strengths of the housing survey

Answer 17

no biased opinion

Question 18

how to improve the housing survey

Answer 18

finding out or estimating the prices of the houses and flats in an area

Question 19

how to improve the annotated photographs

Answer 19

take multiple photos of an area so you dont miss any important areas

Question 20

what were the safety risks we encountered

Answer 20

being lost on the train or in public
Being hit by a car

Question 21

how did we overcome the risk of being lost on the train or in public

Answer 21

the teachers gave every student their number in case we were lost and needed to contact them and they did a head count when getting on and off the trains

Question 22

how did we overcome the risk of being hit by a car

Answer 22

we chose places where it was mostly pedestrianised and we cross at traffic lights

Question 23

what was the secondary data we collected

Answer 23

census data
crime rate data

Question 24

what was the weakness of using census data as secondary data

Answer 24

invalid quite quickly

Question 25

what was the weakness of using crime rate data as secondary data

Answer 25

invalid quite quickly not all crimes are recorded

Question 26

how did we present the land use survey data

Answer 26

in a stacked bar chart

Question 27

what did the education census data show us

Answer 27

that the central area and south of Guildford had a higher level of education than the north

Question 28

what did the crime rate data show us

Answer 28

that most crimes occurred in the centre of Guildford

Question 29

how did we present the environmental quality assessment

Answer 29

in a radar graph

Question 30

what is the weakness of using a radar graph to present the environmental quality assessment

Answer 30

because there are so many variables and types of data we collected, the graph looks confusing and so it is not easy to interpret or read and so we cannot easily compare data

Question 31

what is the problem of using a bar graph/stacked bar graph to present the housing and land use survey

Answer 31

cant the accurate percentages so you only get an estimate

Question 32

how does housing type change in Guildford

Answer 32

in the CBD, there are mainly flats and small houses but in the outskirts there are semi-detached and large houses

Question 33

how does land use change in Guildford

Answer 33

In the CBD, land use is primarily used for businesses and shops however as you get fruther away land is used for housing

Question 34

what are the strengths of my question/aim/hypothesis

Answer 34

lots of variation and a broad view on a lot of different factors

Question 35

what are the weaknesses of my question/aim/hypothesis

Answer 35

limited land use some questions are difficult to answer and are subjective

Question 36

what are the strengths of the location/sites/methods we used

Answer 36

small sample size so easy to see change easy to get there lots of variation in Guilford

Question 37

what are the weaknesses of the locations/sites/methods we used

Answer 37

EQA was subjective land use survey was limited Housing survey was inaccurate

Question 38

how to improve our methods

Answer 38

add more questions to the EQA interview locals for detailed answers

Question 39

what are the strengths of our data presentation

Answer 39

we used lots of different graphs census is reliable

Question 40

what are the weaknesses of our data presentation

Answer 40

some graphs are difficult to read or understand census is invalid now

Question 41

what are the pros of using systematic sampling

Answer 41

takes less time representative of the area usually

Question 42

cons of using systematic sampling

Answer 42

biased not flexible, have to go in a certain way

Question 43

pros of random sampling

Answer 43

every area has an equal chance of selection no bias

Question 44

cons of random sampling

Answer 44

not always representative might miss out on key features

Question 45

pros of stratified sampling

Answer 45

every area gets an equal amount of focus

Question 46

cons of stratified sampling

Answer 46

takes long could be biased

Question 47

subjective

Answer 47

based on or influenced by feelings

Question 48

reliable

Answer 48

if something is reproducible by other

Question 49

accurate

Answer 49

how close the collected value is to the true value

Question 50

valid

Answer 50

true for the time and place