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Geographical Applications: Fieldwork Enquiry

Describing, analysing and explaining fieldwork results

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  • Paper 3 section B

Overview

Describing, analysing and explaining results, what a good description of a graph includes, positive and negative correlation and why it does not prove cause, and the mean, median, mode, range and interquartile range.

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Key term

What is the difference between describing results and explaining them?

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What should a good description of a graph contain?

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What is meant by analysing fieldwork data?

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  1. 1

    What is the difference between describing results and explaining them?

    Model answer

    A description says what the data shows — the trend, the spread, the highest and lowest values; an explanation gives the geographical reason why the data turned out that way.

  2. 2

    What should a good description of a graph contain?

    Model answer

    The overall trend, figures quoted from the data to support it, and any points that do not fit the trend.

  3. 3

    What is meant by analysing fieldwork data?

    Model answer

    Searching the data for patterns, trends and connections, and judging how strong and how consistent they are.

  4. 4

    What is a positive correlation between two sets of fieldwork data?

    Model answer

    As one variable increases, the other increases as well.

  5. 5

    What does a negative relationship between the two axes of a scatter graph show?

    Model answer

    As one variable increases, the other decreases.

  6. 6

    Why does a correlation between two variables not prove that one causes the other?

    Model answer

    Because both may be driven by a third factor, or the link may be coincidence, so a geographical reason has to be given as well.

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