The cards Question In fieldwork, what is a hypothesis? Tap to flip Answer A prediction made at the start of an enquiry that can then be tested. Question What is a research framework in a geographical enquiry? Tap to flip Answer The type of geographical research the enquiry will focus on. Question Give one feature of a good enquiry question. Tap to flip Answer E.g. it guides the geographer through the enquiry process, is linked to place, or uses precise language. Question Is a good enquiry question answered only at the data collection stage? Tap to flip Answer No. It guides you through all stages of the enquiry to help you find an answer. Question What is primary data? Tap to flip Answer Data collected in person during fieldwork. Question What is secondary data? Tap to flip Answer Data previously collected by someone else, usually unknown to the person doing the fieldwork. Question What is quantitative data? Tap to flip Answer Data made up of numbers. Question What is qualitative data? Tap to flip Answer Data made up of text. Question Which fieldwork tool can be used to measure people's opinions? Tap to flip Answer Questionnaires. Question Must secondary data be collected by geographical experts? Tap to flip Answer No. It can also be data collected by other students at a different time. Question What is sampling? Tap to flip Answer Selecting a sample of data to study from a much larger population of data. Question What is sample size? Tap to flip Answer The number of individual pieces of data studied in a geographical enquiry. Question What is a transect? Tap to flip Answer An imaginary line along which samples of data are collected. Question Are systematic and stratified sampling better than random sampling? Tap to flip Answer No. There is no hierarchy; the best strategy depends on the location, the size of the data population and the conclusions sought. Question What is discrete data? Tap to flip Answer Data in which each field is unconnected to, and does not affect, the data in any other field. Question What is continuous data? Tap to flip Answer Data connected to the values before and after it in sequence. Question What is spatial data? Tap to flip Answer Data that can vary according to where it is collected. Question Why do geographers present data? Tap to flip Answer To make it more meaningful, so they can see patterns and relationships that help answer the enquiry question. Question What is a correlation? Tap to flip Answer When a change in one variable appears to be paired with a change in another variable. Question What is empirical evidence? Tap to flip Answer Evidence collected through direct observation and experience rather than through logical thinking. Question What is confirmation bias? Tap to flip Answer Concluding what you already believe by basing your ideas on some, but not all, of the evidence collected. Question Which framework can be used to analyse quantitative fieldwork data? Tap to flip Answer The GRaDE framework. Question Give one way qualitative data can be analysed. Tap to flip Answer Coding or discourse analysis. Question What is reliable data? Tap to flip Answer Data that would show the same result if collected on a comparably similar occasion. Question What is valid data? Tap to flip Answer Data that lets the geographer answer their enquiry question successfully. Question What is an anomaly? Tap to flip Answer A piece of data that sits outside the general trend and cannot be explained. Question What is the difference between objective and subjective data? Tap to flip Answer Objective data is considered factual; subjective data is based on opinions. Question What is coastal morphology? Tap to flip Answer The physical shape and size of a beach, a cliff, waves and beach sediment. Question What is channel morphology? Tap to flip Answer The physical size and shape of a river channel, including the sediment (bedload) it carries. Question What is the Bradshaw model? Tap to flip Answer A theory about how river processes change from source to mouth. Question What is bipolar scoring? Tap to flip Answer A score scale that uses both positive and negative values. Question What is a proxy indicator? Tap to flip Answer A variable that indirectly suggests another variable may be true. Question In rural fieldwork, what is a stakeholder? Tap to flip Answer A person with a particular interest in the issue being investigated. Question What is lived experience? Tap to flip Answer The everyday, personal experience someone has of living in a place. Question What does georeferenced mean? Tap to flip Answer Tied to a particular location using an agreed system such as latitude and longitude. Question What is a bearing? Tap to flip Answer An angle measured clockwise from north, from 0° to 359°. Question In GIS, what is an attribute? Tap to flip Answer A data value associated with a feature or variable measure ('field') in a GIS layer. Question Which GIS tool shows changes in height above or below sea level along a transect line? Tap to flip Answer An Elevation Profile. Where this deck sits in the curriculum Curriculum National Curriculum for England Stage GCSE (Years 10–11) Course GCSE Geography Unit Fieldwork investigation Exam boards Edexcel B England's National Curriculum sets what is taught; the units and their order are Oak National Academy's. Flash Feed is not affiliated with Oak or any exam board.
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