unfamiliar fieldwork

Question 1

physical fieldwork questions

Answer 1

• how do river characteristics change downstream?
• how does longshore drift affect beach profiles?
• what impact if erosion having at ____?
• is flood management effective at_____?
• does tourism have a positive impact on _____?

Question 2

human fieldwork questions

Answer 2

• has regeneration been successful in ____?
• how does environmental quality vary in ______?
• how is traffic managed in _____?
• do science parks have a positive impact in ____?
• is there economic inequality between _____ and _____?

Question 3

physical primary data

Answer 3

• river depth/width/velocity/discharge
• pebble size/beach gradient/pebble roughness
• photographs

Question 4

physical secondary data

Answer 4

• weather data
• erosion rates
• OS maps - relief of the land/cliff locations

Question 5

human primary data

Answer 5

• environmental quality survey
• questionnaires
• interviews
• traffic counts/pedestrian counts
• photographs

Question 6

human secondary data

Answer 6

• census data
• house price data
• crime statistics
• OS maps - locations of services/houses/roads/buildings

Question 7

physical quantitative data (stats/numbers)

Answer 7

• river depth/width/velocity/discharge
• pebble size/beach gradient
• weather data
• erosion rates

Question 8

physical qualitative data (descriptive)

Answer 8

• photographs
• pebble roughness
• OS maps

Question 9

human quantitative data

Answer 9

• environmental quality survey
• traffic counts
• pedestrian counts
• house price data
• crime statistics

Question 10

human qualitative data

Answer 10

• interviews
• questionnaires
• OS maps
• photographs

Question 11

what is random sampling

Answer 11

randomly choosing sites to collect data

Question 12

random sampling advantages

Answer 12

• not bias - each site has an equal chance of being picked
• can easily be done with a large area

Question 13

random sampling disadvantages

Answer 13

• sites can get clustered together meaning data collection isn’t representative
• may lead to sites that are inaccessible

Question 14

what is systematic sampling

Answer 14

picking sites every __m

Question 15

systematic sampling advantages

Answer 15

• gives good representation of an area
• easier to do than random sampling

Question 16

systematic sampling definition

Answer 16

• can be time consuming
• can be bias as not all sites have an equal chance of being selected
• may lead to sites that are inaccessible

Question 17

stratified sampling definition

Answer 17

picking sites by topic

Question 18

stratified sampling advantages

Answer 18

• flexible - fits with a lot of different enquiries
• gives good comparison of different areas (eg. upper, middle, and lower course)

Question 19

stratified sampling disadvantages

Answer 19

• not suitable for something like a questionnaire
• could lead to bias from person picking sites

Question 20

advantages of river data

Answer 20

data is easy to compare downstream

Question 21

disadvantages of river data

Answer 21

current can make collection inaccurate

Question 22

advantages of pebble data

Answer 22

see impacts of erosion

Question 23

disadvantages of pebble data

Answer 23

bias in selecting pebbles to measure

Question 24

advantages of questionnaire

Answer 24

understand peoples problems

Question 25

disadvantages of questionnaire

Answer 25

- timely to analyse - people may lie

Question 26

advantages of environmental quality survey

Answer 26

- gain info on a wide variety of factors - number is easy to compare scores

Question 27

disadvantages of environmental quality survey

Answer 27

subjective - based on your opinion so can be bias

Question 28

advantages of counts (traffic/pedestrian)

Answer 28

understand how busy/popular an area is

Question 29

disadvantages of counts

Answer 29

can easily miscount by mistake if an area is really busy