Unit 2 - Topic 6

Question 1

Urban
What is a GIS?

Answer 1

Geographical information system - stores, analyses and presents geographical information and allowed us to overlay data
For example, seeing an OS map and our EQA data on top of each other

Question 2

Urban
What does it mean to divide something into quartiles?

Answer 2

Divide a list of numbers into 4 equal groups, 2 above and 2 below the median

Question 3

Urban
What is reliability?

Answer 3

The extent to which the investigation produced consistent results

Question 4

Urban
What was the aim of our fieldwork?

Answer 4

To investigate quality of life and measure levels of deprivation

Question 5

Urban
What was one hypothesis about our enquiry question?

Answer 5

There will/wont be a linear progression of deprivation level from Highgate to Somers town

Question 6

Urban
What was our sample size?

Answer 6

3 measurements were taken in each location

Question 7

What were our survey sites?

Answer 7

Highgate, Kentish Town and Somers town

Question 8

Urban
Give 3 examples of primary data which we gathered

Answer 8

Information about:
Green spaces, level of maintenance of buildings, graffiti/abandoned shops

Question 9

Urban
Give 3 examples of secondary data which we used

Answer 9

Index of multiple deprivation
Local newspapers
Air pollution data
OS maps
Neighbourhood statistics from census/council

Question 10

Urban
What type of sampling method did we use in our EQA survey?

Answer 10

Stratified - we did one green park, one busy street and one residential area in each site

Question 11

Urban
What type of sampling method did we use for land use mapping

Answer 11

Two sides of a street8 s

Question 12

Urban
What type of sampling method did we use for questionnaire and why9?

Answer 12

Random due to practicality

Question 13

What type of sampling method did we use when doing field sketch?

Answer 13

Systemic

Question 14

Give 1 advantage and one disadvantage of random sampling

Answer 14

Reduces bias
Not represtantive in small groups

Question 15

Give 1 advantage and one disadvantage of stratified sampling

Answer 15

Represtantive
Time consuming as prior research is needed

Question 16

Give 1 advantage and one disadvantage of systemic sampling

Answer 16

Quick and easy
May miss important data between intervals

Question 17

Give 4 limits to the accuracy of the investigation

Answer 17

Can’t travel too far ]primary data collection must be in school day
Not enough students to take data
Limited equipment

Question 18

How did we choose our sites?

Answer 18

Areas with measurable disparities of deprivation, all in the borough of Camden

Question 19

Give 1 advantage and one disadvantage of qualitative data

Answer 19

Detailed info
Subjective and not easily comparable

Question 20

Give 1 advantage and one disadvantage of
Quantitative data

Answer 20

Easily comparable and presentable
Limited amount of collectible data and could miss nuances in an areas with a a small sample size

Question 21

Give 4 land use types we tracked

Answer 21

Residential
Industrial commercial public building ]opnenspace
Transport
Services

Question 22

Explain how you presented your environmental quality assessment data (4 marks - urban)

Answer 22

Collected data with six categories each with quantitative rankings
Transfer to a radar graph - mark EQA rating as a point on an irregular hexagon
Easily comparable data by comparing size of hexagons for each area - larger indicate higher environmental quality

Question 23

What way did we present land use mapping ?

Answer 23

Pie charts of how many buildings were used for what in each site

Question 24

How did we present questionnaire data?

Answer 24

Tables of responses - showing low vs high scorings between sites

Question 25

How did we present IMD data?

Answer 25

Plotted scores of 3 sites for every IMD measure on a comparative bar charts

Question 26

Give 3 ways you can evaluate a process of enquiry

Answer 26

Sample size
Frequentlcy of sample
Type of sampling
Time/location/equipment