Fieldwork Enquiry Process Flashcards
(14 cards)
Stages of the fieldwork enquiry process
- Introduction
- Data collection
- Data presentation
- Data analysis
- Conclusion
- Évaluation
Introduction process
Factors that need to be considered when selecting a suitable question (like budget)
Selecting the geographical theory underpinning the enquiry
Select appropriate sources of primary/secondary data + locations
Risk assessment
Data collection process
Differences between primary and secondary data
Identification and selection of appropriate data
Measuring and recording using different sampling methods
Description and justification of data collection methods
Data presentation process
Range of visual, graphical, cartography presentation methods
Selection and accurate use of presentation methods
Description, explanation, adaptation of presentation methods
Data analysis process
Description, analysis, explanation of the results of fieldwork data
Establish links between data sets
Appropriate statistical techniques
Identification of anomalies in data
Conclusion process
Refer to evidence to support conclusions and reflect on results in an evaluative manner
Evaluation process
Problems in data collection methods
Limitations of data collected
Suggestions for other useful data and reliability of conclusions
Primary data meaning
Data recorded by ourselves
Secondary data meaning
Data collected by someone else (like maps)
Qualitative data meaning
Peoples subjective opinions
Quantitative data meaning
Data that is numerical
Random sampling meaning
Selecting (person to interview/site) at random to prevent bias
Systematic sampling meaning
Collecting data in a ordered or regular way
(Every 5 meters/ every 5 people)
Stratified sampling meaning
Divided sampling into groups
Like 5 from each age range
