Analysis is the process which makes sense of the data that was collected.

A conclusion summarises your main findings in an investigation.

An evaluation is a judgement on your fieldwork and the accuracy and reliability of your results.

Subjective data is data that is based on opinion rather than facts.

Fieldwork: Analysing, concluding and evaluating survey data

Geography

Pupils will use atlases, maps and globes to develop their locational knowledge of the world. Pupils will focus in on specific places to develop an awareness of how geographers examine place. OS maps and GIS will be used alongside fieldwork to build pupils' procedural knowledge.

Geography: what makes a geographer?

Looking for patterns and trends in the data collected

Throwing away any data that doesn’t fit

What does ‘analysing data’ mean in fieldwork?

What are the phases of a geographical enquiry?

automatically invalid and should be ignored

useful for understanding opinions (both your own and others)

A summary of key findings based on the data

What should a conclusion in a fieldwork study include?

Collecting data outside in the environment

To collect real-world data and understand places better

Which of these is a method geographers use to collect fieldwork data?

Telling a friend and hoping they remember

What is the best way to record data collected in the field?

Studying how many people visit a shopping center

Observing different rock types on a cliff

Recording the number of birds in a forest

What is an example of a human geography fieldwork study?

What are the two main types of data collected in fieldwork?

Starter Quiz