Urban Fieldwork

Question 1

Route to geographical enquiry

Answer 1

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

Question 2

Fieldwork question

Answer 2

How does the environment quality vary and the land use change with distance from the CBD

Question 3

Hypothesis

Answer 3

The environmental quality of London improves with distance and the land use changes from commercial to residential as you move away from the CBD

Question 4

Systematic sampling

Answer 4

Samples are chosen in a regular/ordered way. Evenly or regularly spaced

Question 5

Advantages of systematic sampling

Answer 5

• No prior knowledge required
• No bias/will be fair
• Don’t need random numbers

Question 6

Disadvantages of systematic sampling

Answer 6

May lead to misrepresentation of the pattern/population

Question 7

Stratified sampling

Answer 7

Using known information, the sample size is divided up into categories. Each category is surveyed according to the proportion of their representation within the sample size e.g. 100 people with 80 women and 20 men - a survey of 10 people would require 8 women and 2 men

Question 8

Advantages of stratified sampling

Answer 8

• Gives an accurate representation of the whole population
• Removes bias

Question 9

Disadvantages of systematic sampling

Answer 9

• Must have detailed prior knowledge
• May not have access to each category

Question 10

Random sampling

Answer 10

Sample points selected at random with no pattern or sequence

Question 11

Advantages of random sampling

Answer 11

• Removes any human bias from the process/will be fair
• No prior knowledge

Question 12

Disadvantages of random sampling

Answer 12

• Can lead to poor representation of the overall population
• Requires a random number generator

Question 13

Primary data

Answer 13

First hand data gathered by the researcher using methods such as interviews and questionnaires

Question 14

Secondary data

Answer 14

Data collected by someone else and found in sources such as books, journal articles and the internet

Question 15

What urban fieldwork techniques did we use?

Answer 15

• Environmental Quality Survey (EQS)
• Land use survey (RICEPOTS)
• Pedestrian count
• Traffic count
• Questionnaires
• Photographs

Question 16

What data presentation methods did we use for urban fieldwork data?

Answer 16

• Radial graph/Rose diagram
• Pie chart
• Bar graph
• Line graph
• Scattergraphs
• Flow diagrams
• Annotated photographs
• GIS
• Word clouds

Question 17

Analyse

Answer 17

Investigate an issue by breaking it down into individual components and making logical, evidence-based connections about the causes and effects or interrelationships between the concepts

Question 18

Evaluate

Answer 18

Measure the value or success of something and ultimately provide a substantiated judgement/conclusion. Review information and then bring it together