COURSEWORK

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COURSEWORK
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• Introduction
• Methodology
  Evaluation
• Contents
• Title page Data presentation
• Results tables
  Conclusion
• Data description and explanation

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GENERAL

• Word-processed - graphs, diagrams and maps may be
  completed using ICT or may be hand-drawn
• Same font approx. Size 12-14 Times New Roman
  (black ink) Single sided
• 1000 -1500 words, exclusive of graphs and tables
• Flat folder without plastic wallets - pages
  numbered, contents page may be included
• Thin folder with plastic wallets for lessons,
  also calculator, and pencil case complete with
  all pens, pencils and instruments for completing
  graphs, diagrams and written work
• Laptop to each lesson if you can
• Initiative - extra data, presenting information
  in a different way or adding something different
  to your coursework that you haven't necessarily
  been told to do, such as secondary data or a
  glossary

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Introduction (2-4 paragraphs maps 1 page)

• Your introduction should be a piece of writing
  describing what you are studying and giving the
  background to the project.
• It should consist of
• The specific hypothesis or hypotheses you are
  going to test. This means you must break down the
  title into smaller sections.
• The geographical location where you will carry
  out the investigation. Use a map(s) to show the
  area under study. These may be annotated. Say
  when the data was collected.
• You may want to include a prediction which says
  what you think you may find.

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Methodology

• One side (plus data collection sheets)
• Your methodology tells the reader how you
  gathered your data.
• It must be very specific so that someone else
  could carry out the same study using exactly the
  same methods.

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• Describe how you will gather each piece of
  information and give reasons for your choice of
  method.
• Explain how the information you collect will help
  you answer the question.
• Make sure this is done for any secondary data
  that you are going to use.
• Blank examples of data sheets, questionnaires,
  etc. that you have used should be included. These
  may be annotated to explain how to use them and
  why they have been set out like they are.

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Words to use in methodology

• Sample (how many people you asked, how many times
  you did a survey). You cant ask everyone, or
  test too many sites along a river due to time
  constraints, but if you do too few then you dont
  get a representative set of data
• Representative / unrepresentative you need to
  ask a certain number of people or take a
  measurement a certain number of times if the
  results are going to be accurate or
  representative
• Bias/biased you need to choose a range of
  people if you only choose e.g. retired people
  you may get a biased view because, for example,
  they dont work so may not see the benefits of
  tourism
• Subjective/objective whether something is very
  much a personal opinion or whether it is based on
  facts

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• Techniques for presenting data include
• Maps location maps, flow-line maps, isoline
  maps, dot maps.
• Graphs/charts line graph, scatter graphs, bar
  charts and histograms, pie chart/percentage bar
  graphs, proportional circles, arrows.
• Photos, diagrams and field sketches should be
  used throughout the study to illustrate and
  explain each stage. Annotate them and use them to
  describe or explain geographical ideas
• Descriptive statistics methods of describing the
  central tendency of data, e.g. mode, median and
  mean. Other methods such as percentages and
  ratios should be used.

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DATA PRESENTATION

• Present your information using maps, graphs,
  tables or diagrams.
• Make sure they are all clearly labelled with a
  key or a title where necessary.

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Data presentation and analysis
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Graph

• One paragraph Description
• Say what your graph shows
• One paragraph Explanation
• Say why this may have happened

Explain any anomalies results that dont fit
the pattern.
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Graph

• It can be seen that the width of the River
  Oberwater increases as you head downstream. At
  Site 1 the width is only 121 cm whereas by Site 2
  it has risen to 240 cm and the width then doubles
  to 480 cm at Site 3.
• This can be explained by
• The reasons for this are
• This is caused by

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Graph

• The graph above shows that 70 of people
  questioned had jobs in tourism. These jobs
  included working in.
• This can be explained by the fact that Swanage is
  a tourist resort. It has a beach which attracts
  tourists (See Photo 1) and attractive scenery
  which people come to visit. With so many people
  visiting Swanage the town is able to base its
  economy around tourism. There are a large number
  places offering of Bed and Breakfast
  accommodation, as well as hostels and hotels.
  Visitors are likely to spend time looking around
  the shops and spending money therefore as large
  number of souvenir shops and other shops such as
  Swimwear have sprung up in Swanage (See Goad
  map).
• Cafes and restaurants are common in Swanage to
  provide the visitors with .

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Graph

• The graph above shows that tourist shops tend to
  be more attractive and well-kept than shops for
  local people. The average EQS score for tourist
  shops was 25/40 compared with 19/40 for local
  shops.
• This can be explained by tourist shops having to
  be attractive to encourage visitors to visit
  them. A shop for local people, such as a bakers,
  doesnt need to be as attractive as local people
  have to use the shop for weekly goods. ..

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Graph

• The wave frequency at Swanage was . waves /
  minute. This is a high / low number of waves and
  the photo shows these waves were extremely small.
  
• The day the study took place there was little
  wind (the anemometer showed a reading of ) and
  this explains why there were such small waves.

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DATA ANALYSIS (DESCRIPTION AND EXPLANATION)

• After each graph/map/diagram etc. you should
• Describe or put into words what the results show
• Try to explain and give reasons for the patterns
  shown in the results
• Identify any links between the data collected
• Top tip
• Write your interpretations below or next to the
  graph/map you are describing.

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MAIN FINDINGS AND CONCLUSION

• In this section you should
• Summarise you results and reach a decision that
  relates to the hypothesis. For each graph say how
  this answers your title question.
• Give reasons for accepting or rejecting the
  hypothesis.

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EVALUATION

• In this section you need to describe how the
  enquiry process can be improved by questioning
  how the reliability of the methods used to
  collect the data have affected the accuracy of
  the results and validity of the conclusion.

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Answer the following questions

• Have you collected enough data? Have you had any
  problems collecting this data? Describe the
  disadvantages of the techniques used
• Would your results have been improved if you had
  collected more data, different data, data at a
  different time or data with a different method?
  How might you improve your methods if you
  repeated the study? Do you think your results
  are accurate? If your results are
  accurate/inaccurate are these the result of the
  methods used? Identify which results support
  your hypothesis and give reasons Identify which
  results reject your hypothesis and give reasons
  Explain why your conclusions might not be
  applied to other similar examples Explain why
  your conclusions might be invalid or wrong