urban guildford trip - paper 2

Question 1

What is the median

Answer 1

to find the median you need to order the data and then find the middle value. This divides the data into two halves.

Question 2

What is the mode

Answer 2

the number that appears most frequently in a data set

Question 3

What is the range

Answer 3

the difference between the highest and lowest values

Question 4

What are quartiles

Answer 4

dividing a list of numbers into four equal groups-two above and two below the median.

Question 5

What is data manipulation

Answer 5

work out range, average, percentage, etc. (except photos)

Question 6

What is primary data

Answer 6

Data you collected first-hand during the investigation

Question 7

What is secondary data

Answer 7

Data collected by another party that you have used in the investigation

Question 8

Quantitive data

Answer 8

Numerical data

Question 9

Qualitative data

Answer 9

Any information gathered that is not numerical data

Question 10

What is random sampling

Answer 10

where samples are chosen fairly randomly, and every pebble has an equal chance of being selected

Question 11

What is systematic sampling

Answer 11

means working to a system to collect data, for example every 10m across the river

Question 12

What is stratified sampling

Answer 12

means collecting a sample, made up of different parts e.g. deliberately selecting samples of different pebble sizes from a point in the river to gain a range of pebbles found there.

Question 13

What is High income

Answer 13

People who earn high wages

Question 14

What is Low income

Answer 14

People who earn low wages

Question 15

What is reliable

Answer 15

how likely something is to be true or accurate

Question 16

State some facts about the CBD

Answer 16

• centre of the town/city
• mostly apartments and offices + some have skyscrapers
• very built up

Question 17

State some facts about the inner city

Answer 17

• terraced housing - 3 or more connected
• factories / brownfield sites where factories were

Question 18

State some facts about the inner suburbs

Answer 18

• semi detached homes - 2 homes connected
• more garden space (front and back) for homes
• getting greener

Question 19

State some facts about the outer suburbs

Answer 19

• detached housing
• bigger gardens and green space

Question 20

State some facts about the urban-rural periphery

Answer 20

The edge of land just outside the built up area where the urban and rural land connect

Question 21

State some facts about the country side

Answer 21

• rural
• not built up

Question 22

State some examples of secondary data

Answer 22

1. Census data
2. Crime Map
3. House prices

Question 23

What is the litter count collection method

Answer 23

1. Firstly using a ipad I set a timer for 10 minutes.
2. I then walked around and noted down using the pen and paper all the litter I could see until the time has run out.
3. The amount of litter and type of litter were both recorded.
4. This was repeated at each site.

Question 24

What is the traffic count collection method

Answer 24

1. Firstly using an ipad we set a timer for 3 minutes.
2. Then we stood still and counted how many cars, bikes, vans, lorries, bus and motorbikes went past in one direction until the time had ran out.
3. The number of vehicles was recorded.
4. This was repeated at each site.

Question 25

What is the decibel reading collection method

Answer 25

1. Firstly,when you have reached the sight open the ‘decibel 10’ app on your ipad.
2. It will then come up with the current, average, maximum and example of the noise level decibel readings.
3. You get your paper and pen and record down your numbers in the table.
4. Make sure you repeat this at each site.

Question 26

What is the bipolar (environmental quality survey) collection method

Answer 26

1. Firstly open up your booklet and read each criteria.
2. You then fill in each box depending on what you would rank each factor to be on the scale from -3 to +3 with -3 being the worst and +3 being the best.
3. At the end of each site you add up the scores.
4. The site with the highest score is the site with the best environmental quality.

Question 27

What is the annotated photos collection method

Answer 27

1. Enter your site you are there to study
2. Get out your ipad and get up the camera
3. Find a spot which you want to take a picture of, which you would deem right for the drawing later
4. Annotate it depending on the different factors of choice

Question 28

What is the questionaire method

Answer 28

1. Before going on your trip, make a list of a set of questions you want to ask, relating to your hypothesis and aim
2. When you are there your going to find someone at each site and your going to ask them if they can help you complete your survey
3. If yes, question them and record your answers. If no, move on and find someone else

Question 29

4 ways of presenting data

Answer 29

1. Either Litter or Traffic count (proportional circles or proportional lines on map of Guildford)
2. Bi-Polar Graph
3. Annotated Photos
4. Bar chart for decibel readings or questionnaire data.

Question 30

What does enquiry mean

Answer 30

The process of investigation to find out and answer to a question

Question 31

What does fieldwork mean

Answer 31

Work carried out in the outdoors

Question 32

What does GIS mean

Answer 32

Geographical
Investigation
System