human fieldwork

What is the human fieldwork called

Regenerated areas in Colchester have better environmental quality

What were the data collection methods

environmental survey

traffic survey

noise pollution

house prices (secondary)

What were the regenerated and inner city areas called

Garrison development (BROWNFIELD SITE- previously owned by ministry of defence)

Butt road

How did you make data collection more reliable

• took averages

• use of technology (Decibel X)

• multiple data collection

4 Risks of fieldwork and how they can be avoided

• traffic accident (crossing at appropriate places)

• stranger danger

• getting lost (in groups and with teachers)

• weather (wearing appropriate clothing/footwear)

Assess suitability of Garrison / butt road

• very suitable

  • two locations of comparison very close together

  • close proximity to school (3km): can get there and back in a day

  • sites are accessible

justify use of : maps, surveys and photographs

• surveys = ( EQS) allow us to gather data and compare

• maps = allow us to locate where data is from

• photographs= evidence and supports bias

EQS results

garrison = 8

butt road= -7

difference of 15

traffic survey results

garrison= 31

butt road= 43

difference of 12oisN

noise pollution results

garrison =84.1

butt road = 90.32

difference = 6

house prices results

g = 260,000

butt road = 177,570

difference= 82,000owH

How was data presented for each data collection method

EQS: radar graphH

Traffic count : bar chart

Noise pollution : proportional circles with scale

How has radar graph helped interpret data

• allows for comparison

• allows us to plot more than one piece of data for a site

two ways you analysed data from fieldwork

• using averages

  • makes data more representative as we can visualise it

  • removes anomalies

  • we did noise pollutions 3x

• presentation of presentation methods

  • radar graph allows for comparison

  • plot more than one piece of data on a site

to what extent did data collection help reach valid conclusions

• certain extent

  • sample size maybe have been too small (only did noice poll 3x and only there for 4 fours)

  • human error meaning inaccurate ( noise pollution people could have been talking and missing vehicles)

• however

  • we can infer from limited data

state one factor that could have affected results

sample size; too small

• we could have been there for longer ( traffic)

• done it at regular intervals of noise pollution