OCR Geographical Skills
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- Geographical Skills
- Analyse and interpret data
- Measures of cental tendency
- Mean, medium, mode
- Measures of dispersion
- Frequencies
- Testing for differences
- Mann-Whitney
- Chi-squared
- Testing for association, relationships and correlations
- Spearman's rank
- Chi-squared
- Measures of cental tendency
- Develop a plan and strategy for conducting the investigation
- Subsidiary questions
- Data
- Primary data - data that is unprocessed
- Secondary data - data that has been derived from published documentary sources
- Sampling
- Sample size
- Sample type
- Sampling method
- Areal
- Point
- Random
- Pragmatic
- Stratified
- Systematic
- Linear
- Location
- Time
- Risk assessment
- Present the data collected in appropriate forms
- Quantitative and qualitative
- Non-spatial
- Tables
- Diagrams
- Charts
- Graphs
- Spatial
- Maps
- Chloropleths
- Located symbols
- Flow lines
- Trip lines
- Sketches
- Photographs
- Identify a suitable geographical question or hypothesis for investigation
- SMART
- Simple
- Measurable
- Achievable
- Realistic
- Time
- Location
- Is it accessible?
- Suitable scale
- Clear geographical concept
- Readily researched
- Clearly defined
- SMART
- Present a summary of the findings and an evaluation of the investigation
- What was successful?
- What was unsuccessful?
- Why?
- What was successful?
- Why?
- What were the limitations?
- How could overcome these?
- What would you do differently next time?
- Collect and record data appropriate to the geographical question or hypothesis
- Data Collection
- How was it collected?
- Does the equipment work?
- Why does it measure the variable effectively?
- Filed sketches and photographs
- Accuracy and reliabilty
- How was it collected?
- GIS
- Collecting and recording data
- Presenting data
- Analysing and interpreting data
- Data Collection
- Analyse and interpret data
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