Analysing fieldwork data

You have studied a river landscape as part of your geographical investigation.

Name of your fieldwork location

Explain one advantage of a sampling strategy you used in your geographical investigation.

Named sampling strategy

Explain one risk you considered before carrying out the data collection at your chosen location.

Named risk

Explain one way your investigation helped you understand how river processes affect people.

Explain two ways you tried to make sure that your data collection methods were accurate.

Study Figures 1a and 1b in the Resource Booklet.

A group of students investigating a river expected both width and depth to increase downstream.

After analysing Figures 1a and 1b, the students concluded that changes in width were more in line with their expectations.

Assess the extent to which you agree with this conclusion.

You have studied a coastal landscape as part of your geographical investigation.

Name of your fieldwork location

Explain one advantage of a sampling strategy you used in your geographical investigation.

Named sampling strategy

Explain one risk you considered before carrying out the data collection at your chosen location.

Named risk

Explain one way your investigation helped you understand how coastal processes affect people.

Explain two ways you tried to make sure that your data collection methods were accurate.

Study Figures 2a and 2b in the Resource Booklet.

A group of students investigating a coastline expected:

• sediment size to decrease along the beach from west to east

• gradient (slope angle) of the beach to decrease from the cliff to the water’s edge

After analysing Figures 2a and 2b, the students concluded that changes in gradient were more in line with their expectations.

Assess the extent to which you agree with this conclusion.

A group of students collected data to investigate changes along a river channel.

Study Figure 1a below.

One of the sites chosen by the students

State one fieldwork method the students may have used at this site.

Complete Figure 1b by plotting the data below.

An anomaly is something that is different to what is expected.

Explain two possible reasons for the anomaly shown at X in Figure 1b.

Suggest one way students could have used a flood risk map to investigate this river.

A group of students collected data to investigate changes along a coast.

Study Figure 2a below.

One of the sites chosen by the students

State one fieldwork method the students may have used at this site.

The students produced a scatter graph to show the relationship between distance along the beach and sediment size.

Study Figure 2b below.

Distance along the beach (m) from east to west

Figure 2b

Complete Figure 2b by plotting the data below.

An anomaly is something that is different to what is expected.

Explain two possible reasons for the anomaly shown at X in Figure 2b.

Suggest one way students could have used a geology map to investigate this beach.

You have studied a river as part of your own fieldwork.

Explain one limitation of the quantitative fieldwork method you used when investigating river discharge.

Named quantitative fieldwork method_........

Explain one way you could have improved the quantitative fieldwork method.

Explain one way the qualitative fieldwork method you used supported your understanding of river landforms.

Named qualitative fieldwork method_........

Explain one way river processes might affect people living in the catchment area of the river you studied.

Study Figure 1a and Figure 1b in the Resource Booklet.

Using both Figure 1a and Figure 1b, assess the possible conclusions that might be drawn from this river investigation.