Rural 2 - Methods Flashcards
What is a disadvantage of using 2010 Index of Multiple Deprivation?
Data is from 2010 so may be out of date.
IMD is a composite indicator and so some areas may be irrelevant to rural deprivation.
Why were your sites suitable places to carry out your fieldwork?
They had a range of deprivation, the distance from the FSC, safety considerations and the size of the area.
What were some of the problems with the methods that you used for your data collection?
It relied on judgments that were subjective, making comparisons between areas difficult, it is very generalised so may give inaccurate results.
How could your methods have been improved?
Meanings to descriptors could have been agreed before completion, the number of categories of descriptors could have been changed.
What is one weakness of using quantitative data?
Not enough data collected, so conclusions may not be drawn.
What is a disadvantage of the sampling strategy that you used?
With random sampling you can unintentionally introduce bias.
With systematic you may miss a group of people.
With stratified you need access to background population information so you can identify correct groups to sample from.
What might make an appropriate location to carry out fieldwork?
Range of features
Size of area given the time available
Distance from the Centre
Safety considerations
What is the purpose of a bi-polar recording sheet, e.g. environmental quality
It shows attitudes / perspective on a strategy
What’s a limitation of a bi-polar recording sheet, e.g. environmental quality?
Relies on judgement i.e. subjective - need a pre-calibrated soaring system. This makes it hard to compare data from locations
The judgements are weighed - some judgements are more important than others for the hypothesis
Descriptors might mean something different to different people
What ‘geographical approach’ was important for our rural fieldwork?
Comparison
We compared differences in the two areas in terms of accessibility. Our data needed to allow us to compare
What could be a weakness of fieldwork methods?
Not enough data was collected to reach a conclusion (e.g. hadn’t collected comparison data for each location)
Reliability - going at the wrong time of day / week / year - if you went again, you’d get different results
How could secondary data collection help?
Neighbourhood statistics data could tell us about the population living in Chillington and Slapton. Were they permanent residents, how wealthy were they?
The census data helped us confirm this although it is now out of date.
What’s a disadvantage of random sampling?
You can unintentionally introduce bias, because you might be drawn to a particular negative feature - so you oversample it, checking the reliability of your results
What’s a disadvantage of stratified sampling?
You need to access the background information to identify the right locations to sample from, to avoid missing locations that are significant for answering the hypothesis - otherwise your conclusion is biased / unreliable.
What methods did you carry out?
Place Check Sphere of Influence Quality of Life Survey Function Change (Services) Environmental Quality
