GIEL Topic 3.1 & 3.2

"The queues in the canteen are the longest at 12pm" is a...

• Research sentence

• Hypothesis

• Data collection

• Research question

"How does the temperature in the classroom change over the course of a day?" is a...

• Hypothesis

• Variable

• Rhetorical question

• Research question

You should start a fieldwork process by...

• Collecting data

• Crafting research question or hypothesis

• Analysing data

• Presenting your findings

Data that you collect first-hand (e.g. questionnaires, photographs you take) are called ___ data.

An example of quantitative data is responses from _____ questionnaire surveys.

• closed-ended

• open-ended

Which of the following are examples of qualitative data? (there is more than 1 answer)

• The number of students that love Geography

• Interviews on why students love Geography

• Feelings of students towards Geography

• The average number of hours spent loving Geography

The lack of manpower is a _____ while falling down is a _____ in fieldwork.

• limitation, risk

• risk, limitation

You need to consider the _____ when designing fieldwork (e.g. whether equipment is available, how much time you have)

Which of the following are NOT considered a risk in fieldwork?

• Collisions with cyclists

• Being unable to access the place

• Cuts

• Traffic accidents

Why do we need to do sampling?

• It is always illegal to collect data from everyone.

• Sampling always gives more accurate results than a full survey.

• It is very time-consuming to obtain data from everyone in the population.

• Sampling guarantees you will not have any errors in your data.