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    A2 GeographyUnit 4a

    Revision Notes

    Fieldwork Investigation

    &

    Geographical Skills

    2. Ai!. "ocation#. $ethod%. Risk Assessent. 'ata (resentation

    ). Interpretation*. +val,ation

    -. Averages--. $eas,res o/ 'ispersion

    -2. Spearan0s Rank-!. 1hi S,ared

    -4. $ann3hitney U

    -#. Sapling $ethods-%. $aps with "ocated Sy5ols

    -. Flow $aps-). 'esire "ines

    -*. 1horopleth $aps2. Isoline $aps

    2-. 'ot $aps22. (ie 1harts

    2!. Radial 'iagras24. 'ispersion 'iagras

    2#. 6riang,lar Graphs2%. 7ite 'iagras

    2. "ogarithic Graphs2). GIS

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    A

    I$(8R6AN1+ 8F 69+8R:;3 Prior knowledge < needed a theory which

    we wo,ld ,nderstand /ro prior st,dy in orderthat we co,ld ,nderstand the processes

    involved= ake an ed,cated hypothesis to5egin & ake ed,cated concl,sions. 9ad

    already st,died >radshaw.

    3 Location < needed a theory which we co,ldinvestigate in a sa/e= accessi5le= availa5le

    location

    3 Risk assessment < soething we co,ldsa/ely test. >radshaw sa/e in ,pper co,rse

    3 Equipment < a theory which wo,ld not needsophisticated?e@pensive instr,ents to test

    3 Challenge & learning < one which wo,ldchallenge o,r skills & allow ,s to learn new

    ones & new processes. >radshaw involvedinvestigating several dierent varia5les

    TO INVETI!"TE #O$NTRE"%C"N!E IN "E OLLO$'

    PECI(IC"LL) T"T "((ECTIN!#IC"R!E' IN LI!T O(

    *R"#"$+ %O#EL (OR#O$NTRE"% C"N!E

    Potential questions, iportance o/theory in choice o/ ai? reason /orchoice? iportance o/ location in

    choice? relevance o/ a ethod?eval,ation o/ s,ccess in light o/ theai. R+AS8NS F8R 198I1+;

    (from mark scheme )

    3 -nowledge

    3 Theor. < a5ility to test this. "ink withlocation

    - Risk  assessent

    - S,ita5ility & availa5ility o/ location

    - Availa5le equipment= time &resources

    +BA"UA6I8N;

    3 S,ccess o/ sapling method < acc,racyCrelia5ilityC validity < helped reach ai

    3 Appropriateness o/ location /or reaching ai

    3 Conclusions < relia5ility & validity. Statisticaltest res,lts; n,ll hypothesis accepted < goes

    against theor. so ,st ,estion acc,racy &relia5ility. S,ggest iproveents &

    developents in order to properly /,lDl ai.

    3 I/ contradicts theory < wh.E

    3 (ersonal geographical de/elopment steing /ro reaching ai

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    "ocat onPotential questions, reasons/or choice? iportance o/ choicein relation to ai? relevance to

    theory or ai? why appropriate.

    R+AS8NS;

     3 "ccessi0ilit. < /ootpath & >3roadnr. "ittle Stretton

    3 a1et. < ,pper co,rse shallowest=narrowest= least /ast owing

    3 T.pical ,pper co,rse s,ita5le /ortesting >radshaw. 6ypiDed ,pperco,rse= >radshaw 5ased on the

    per/ect river. Needed ,pper co,rse to5e te@t5ook e.g. v3shaped valleysides= wo,ld then 5e a5le to test

    >radshaw0s theory eectively.

    3 Pro2imit. to Deld st,dies centre availa5ility o/ e,ipent

    3 "/erage rain/all in Shropshire area3 Not aected 5y human acti/it. <nearest settleent 2k downstrea

    3 8wned 5y the National Trust <legal perission

    3 a1e terrain < st,dying 8S ap=co,ld see that it was not too steep

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     9ollow

    (ositives

    • Accessi5ility; /ootpath & >3road

    • National 6r,st land < legalperission

    • Nr. Field st,dies centre <

    e,ipent & reso,rcese.g. previo,s data

    • Upper co,rse < sa/e• 'istance /ro

    downstrea village

    2k. No h,aninter/erence

    •  6ypiDed ,pper co,rse co,ld eectively & relia5lytest >radshaw0s theory as

    is 5ased on Hper/ect0 river

    Negatives

    • 8nly 2k o/ ,pper co,rse< not representative o/whole river which is what>radshaw theorises < nots,ita5le /or theory=

    concl,sions narrow• # inaccessi5le d,e tosteep sides & water/all

    • 8nly very shallow• 8nly ,sed data /ro one

    location < 5roader= oresigniDcant res,lts i/ hadchosen ore points either/,rther downstrea oralong ,pper co,rse o/siilar rivers

    • Rocky o,tcrops aected

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     $ethodJ

    Potential questions, assess ,se/,lness? eval,ate s,ita5ility?eval,ate eectiveness? relevance to ai

    (ositives o/ ethod

    • Gathered data necessary to reachconcl,sion /or o,r ai & theoryeectively. Belocity distance?tie.'ischarge velocity @ c.s.a  relevant to theory

    • (rod,ced data which we co,ldeectively & s,ita5ly anip,late toreach concl,sions

    • +asy to carry o,t in environent <ini, e,ipent & light tocarry in terrain  easy to achieve

    ai• +asily repeated /or acc,racy• S,ita5le intervals < eno,gh saple

    points to cover river yet did notstretch reso,rces or tie

    Negatives o/ ethod

    • S,5Kect to h,an error in tiing=eas,ring 5oth # stretch &- intervalsJ < red,ceseectiveness & relevance to ai asinacc,rate so ,nrelia5le

    • S,5Kect to nat,ral in,ences e.g.wind= de5ris= s,r/ace /riction <sae eect as a5ove

    • $eas,red only s,r/ace velocity <channel velocity ore s,ita5le /orai & theory

    •Re,ired 2 people in river < risk

    • Unsophisticated= inacc,ratee,ipent < hydroprop? digital owetre ore eective= s,ita5le &relevant as ore acc,rate &relia5le

    •  6oo shallow to 5e eective in areas

    • G(S ore s,ita5le /or eas,ringinterval distances

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    Risk AssessentPotential questions,descri5e & K,sti/y? eval,ate

    • Need to ention steps 5e/ore & d,ring; – Pilot stud. < /ailiarise with haLards that ay coe

    ,p in Deld & prepare. $ake adK,stents to ethods to

    red,ce potential risks. – Risk assessment grid 5e/ore 5e/ore so co,ld 5e

    aware & prepare?/ailiarise with risks to avoidJ <involved ,s st,dying the 8S ap also 5eneDcial /oro,r awareness o/ the area & haLards within• hat we did to prepare e.g.

     – packed spare clothes < in case o/ /all= stop hypertheria

     – wore st,rdy /ootwear < red,ce risk o/ trips & slips

     – wore waterproo/s < red,ces likelihood o/ hypertheria as stay dry

     – Continuous monitoring d,ring e.g. weatherconditions? water levels? teperat,re? h,an risks.

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     GraphJPotential questions, eval,ate eectiveness? eval,ate

    alternatives? assess ,se/,lness? how did the ai or res,lts

    in,ence(ositives o/ ethod• 1lear /isual representation o/

    relationship 5etween 2 varia5les• +sp. with distance on @ a@is;

    illustrati/e representation o/downstrea change in Ashes9ollow < ,se/,l & eective /ordrawing concl,sions to ai

    • 'ata continuous < neededscatter graph

    • 6he need to see relationship /orthese 2 varia5les to eet ai

    in,enced choice• Allows /or line o1 0est 3t <

    co,ld see needed statistical testas line hard to draw

    • +ective at co,nicating ainin/o necessary to reach

    conclusion /or ai• "nomalies easily identiDa5le 3

    Negatives o/ ethod

    • 1o,ld only copare the 4/aria0les

    • Not statisticall. /eri1.ing <ay see correlation= 5,t needstatistical test to conDr

    • For 5etter eectiveness= co,ld 5elocated to give preciseconcl,sions /or ai

    • 1o,ld have copared 2 varia5leswith another e.g.depth?width?velocity on a

    triangular graph

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     RankPotential questions, how & why ,se/,l /or geog

    ,nderstanding? appropriateness /or data & ai? K,sti/y ,se

    Appropriate;• Uses 56786 data sets

    • 9ad 4 /aria0les which we wanted to statistically veri/y acorrelation /or

    • Continuous data with a relationship

    • 9elped to achie/e our aim; assess relationship 5etweendischarge & distance statistically

    • Fact that it con3rmed null h.pothesis helped to de/elopgeog ,nderstanding as then had to ret,rn to data?aps?previo,sdata?data /ro other rivers to ,nderstand why we achieved thisres,lt t,rned o,t to 5e rocky o,tcrops < helped /,rther,nderstanding o/ e@ternal in,ences on river processes

    •  9usti3a0le; - data sets= contin,o,s data= 2 correspondingvaria5les= gave ,s the res,lts needed to concl,de o,r

    investigation & develop o,r concl,sions to ,nderstand why

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    val,ationPotential questions, eval,ate s,ccess?,se/,lness /or geog ,nderstanding?eval,ate in light o/ its ai & theory?

    investigation developent?,nderstanding theory? ,se o/ secondarydata to develop concl,sions? ,se/,lnesso/ concl,sion & iplicationsS,ccess;

    • a1el. reached the ai o/ o,r investigation

    • hile res,lts were ,ne@pected= co,ld e@plain

    why ,sing secondar. data e.g. 8S aps &previo,s data

    • 9elped to de/elop our geogunderstanding o/ river processes &e@ternal /actors e.g. rocky o,tcrops= whichaect the; now ,nderstand 5etter theprocesses aecting discharge= th,s have0etter understanding o1 geog theor.

    • Location success1ul < sa/e= easy toinvestigate & access

    • Res,lts ay 5e use1ul /or; the local

    a,thority e.g. co,ncil in town planning i/want to e@pand "ittle StrettonC /arers to

    Negatives & Iproveents;

    • Onl. 4km o1 uppercourse; not representativeo/ whole river= does notparallel *radshaw as he

    covered whole long3proDle

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      = =$odePotential questions, ,se/,lness

    /or certain data? appropriateness/or data sets? 5eneDts o/ ,se

    $ean;

    •  6he average o/ all val,es

     6akes into acco,nt all data

    val,es

    Use/,l in akingeas,reents ore acc,rateas can take ean o/ repeats

    • +asily distorted 5y very large?very sall val,es & anoalies

    $edian;

    •  6he iddle val,e

    Bery 5ig & very sall val,es donot aect it < less aected 5y

    anoalies than the ean Used in $ann3hitney U

    statistical test

    • 1an take a long tie to calc,late

    • 'oes not acco,nt /or whole

    spread o/ data• I/ gap is large 5etween soe

    val,es e.g. * & 4#J 5,t sall5etween others e.g. - &!J= theacc,racy o/ the edian can 5e

    skewed

    $ode;

    •  6he ost coon

    1an also 5e ,sed with non3

    n,erical data•  6here can 5e ore than -

    •  6here ay not 5e a ode atall

    'oes not acc,rately representdata or its s read

    / i i

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    $eas,res o/ 'ispersionPotential questions,appropriateness o/ inter,artilerange & standard deviation /or

    certain data? ,se/,lness o/ 5oth

    Inter,artile Range;

    • #i;erence 0etween

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    Advantages

    • Assesses statistical relationship5etween 2 varia5les.

    •Can con3rm?re@ect nullh.pothesis < draw concl,sions &help geog ,nderstanding as= i/accept n,ll= ,st investigate/,rther to Dnd o,t why.

    • Used alongside a scatter graph /orvis,al representation < SR11 gives

    n,erical val,e to strength &direction o/ correlation.

    • Indicates statistical signiDcance o/a res,lt < r,les whether hasocc,rred 5y chance when ,sedwith ta5le o/ critical val,es soeval,ates an investigation

    • Gives o5Kective data•

    'isadvantages

    • 'oes not show i/ there is a ca,sallink

    • 6oo any tied ranks aect validityo/ test• S,5Kect to h,an error.

     eQcientPotential questions, appropriateness /or certain data? ,se/,lness?

    eval,ate ,se in a certain investigation

    Appropriate /or data with -3! val,es with 2 varia5les which are 5elievedto 5e related.

    For,late a n,ll hypothesis  individ,ally rank val,es o/ each varia5le  Dnd the dierence 5etween the 2  s,are the dierences  s, the

    val,es inp,t into the /or,la

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    $ hit U

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    $ann3hitney UPotential questions, coent on the res,lts? assess the ,se/,lness or

    appropriateness /or a certain investigation• Used to show i/ there is a statistical dierence 5etween 2 sets o/

    data e.g. there is no dierence 5etween the siLe o/ rocks in,pper co,rse & downstrea sites

    • "ssesses i1 the di;erence 0etween 4 data sets occurred0. chance

    • 'oes not e@plain why there is a dierence

    • I/ yo, Dnd that the dierence co,ld have occ,rred 5y chance= itay ean that the saple siLe was too sall or that there

    really is no statistically signiDcant dierence(rocess;

    • 'evise a n,ll hypothesis e.g. there is no dierence 5etween the siLes o/ rock

    ,pstrea & downstrea• Rank all the val,es across 5oth sets one rank < not like Spearan0s rank

    where each varia5le is given a dierent rankJ

    •  6otal the ranks 5eneath each col,n

    • 1alc,late U val,es /or 5oth ,sing the /or,la

    • Use the sallest res,lt to Dnd the critical val,e /ro the critical val,es ta5le

    • I/ it is lower than the critical val,e= n,ll hypothesis is reKected

    S li $ th d

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    Sapling $ethodsPotential questions, whichsapling ethod is ost appropriateor s,ita5le? ,se/,lness o/ saplingethods? eval,ate ,se o/ this

    sapling ethod

    Rando Sapling;

    +ach ite in parent pop,lation hase,al chance o/ selection < avoids

    5ias• Allocate each val,e a n,5er  

    ,se rando n,5erta5le?cop,ter generator to select

    saples

    • Rando n,5ers can 5e ,sed tochoose a sapleM

    - Fro a list e.g. electoral rolls < willalways achieve a ,sa5le val,e

    - >y point sapling /ro a ap e.g.grid re/erences < ay lead to

    selection o/ epty sites- >y line sapling < drawing a line

    across a ap 5etween rando co3ordinates & choosing rando

    points along it < this ay lead toselection o/ epty areas e.g.

    Delds?roads so not the 5est

    Systeatic;

    Saves tie copared to rando

     ,st as eective at choosing ,n5iaseddata

    • $ay lead to leaving o,t areas whichay 5e signiDcant to investigation

    e.g. i/ going in - intervals 1an 5e ore acc,rate than rando <

    avoids possi5ility o/ rando saplingselecting too any o/ the sae sites

    $ay 5e a5le to avoid epty sitesStratiDed;

    Use when have gro,ps o/ a known siLewithin the parent pop,lation e.g. no.Bictorian= 2th cent,ry & 2-st cent,ry

    ho,ses in a town

    Saple selected so each gro,p ise,ally & /airly represented

    +ns,res /air representation

    $ ith " t d S 5 l

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    $aps with "ocated Sy5olsPotential questions, advantages & disadvantages? eval,ate

    ,se o/ this presentational techni,e? ,se/,lness?appropriateness? s,ita5ility

    Potential use, siLe o/ de5ris along long proDle? environental,ality s,rveys(ositives

    • (roportional 5ars easier todraw & ,nderstand than

    circles. 1ircles oreeQcient & neater i/ thereis a large range

    • 1lear representation o/located data < eans

    ore when located < orein/o

    • 1oparisons easily ade5etween areas

    • Spatial patterns in

    distri5,tion shown

    Negatives

    • 'o not show spread o/distri5,tion < need

    choropleth?isoline• 1an o5sc,re parts o/ ap?

    get too crowded• $ay not 5e clear as to

    precise location

    •  6oo any on one ap  hard to interpret

    • 'anger o/ erelycoparing graphs & notlooking at characteristics

    o/ areas to e@plain reasons

    F $

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    F ow $aps

    Strengths

    •Strong vis,al ipression o/ 5othvol,e o/ oveent & direction

    eaknesses

    • (arts o/ the ap ay 5eo5sc,red?crowded  diQc,lt to

    interpret

    Potential questions, eval,ate ,se/,lness= s,ita5ility=eectiveness or appropriateness o/ this techni,e

    Potential use, igration /ro dierent +U co,ntries? trade links

    5etween co,ntries

    ' i "i

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    'esire "inesPotential questions, eval,ate ,se/,lness orappropriateness o/ this techni,e? eectiveness? s,ita5ility

    Potential use, areas /ro which people travel to ,se aservice e.g. s,perarket? oveent o/ +U igration

    Strengths

    • Bis,al ipression o/ oveent /ro areas to a

    point• +asy to interpret• $ay present any pieces o/ data /or dierent

    destinations < any varia5les so very ,se/,l

    eaknesses• 6oo any lines con/,sing• (roportional thickness does not show act,al data• 'o not show ro,te?ca,ses o/ oveent

    • Generalise the oveent

    t $

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    orop et $apsPotential questions, eval,ate the eectiveness= appropriateness=s,ita5ility or ,se/,lness o/ this techni,e

    Potential uses, votes e.g. presidential election? GN( per co,ntry?

    levels o/ e@tree poverty per co,ntry or region o/ a co,ntry(ositives

    • Bis,al representation o/data

    •1an easily identi/ypatterns & cl,sters

    • Anoalies can 5eidentiDed i/ cells are anade,ate siLe

    •1an show relationships i/placed on top o/ another

    • 1an 5e co5ined withlocated?proportionalgraphs to show ore data

    •Gro,pings are e@i5le toaccoodate data spread

    Negatives

    • Iprecise < larger cells lack o/ precisionC too

    any sall cells hard tointerpret• A5r,pt changes < sharp

    delineation < no gradientshown

    •I/ ,sing raw data= shadingay 5e in,enced 5y siLeo/ area?pop,lation within

    • 1an hide anoalies within• 8ne varia5le only•

    Ine@act < not the act,aldata

    Iso ne $aps

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    Iso ne $apsPotential questions, eval,ate eectiveness= appropriateness= s,ita5ility or

    ,se/,lness o/ this techni,e

    Potential use, teperat,re? atospheric press,re? gradient e.g. conto,r lines

     oin points o/ the sae val,e to show gradient

    Strengths

    •Show ore grad,alchange thanchoropleths < avoida5r,pt change

    • 1an clearly see

    5o,ndaries• Show gradients

    eaknesses

    •Uns,ita5le /or showingdiscontin,o,s data

    • Shading ay iplye,al val,e 5etweenlines

    • I/ drawing interpolatedlines at e,alintervals e.g. -=-#= 2J= ay 5e

    /orced to draw5etween lines

    'ot $aps

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    'ot $apsPotential questions, eval,ate ,se/,lness= eectiveness=

    s,ita5ility or appropriateness o/ this techni,e

    Potential uses, pop,lation o/ a city?co,ntry?region

    Strengths

    • Show spatialdistri5,tion ,sing dots

    o/ e,al siLes• (recise• Show density• 1an show change=

    ows & cl,stering• As located according

    to distri5,tion= notevenly= can seeanoalies

    • $ore realistic than

    eaknesses

    • 8nly ,se raw data• 'iQc,lt to co,nt large

    n,5ers < can res,ltin s,dge whichshows no variation

    • Needs a lot o/ in/o• 6edio,s to constr,ct• 1an0t show part

    Dg,res• 1an 5e hard to plot i/

    location is not [email protected]. pop,lation o/

    ( e arts

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    ( e artsPotential questions, eval,ate s,ita5ility= eectiveness=

    appropriateness= ,se/,lness o/ this techni,e

    Potential use, ,se o/ services in a town? Page contri5,tion o/

    dierent ind,stries to econoy

    Strengths

    • 1lear vis,alrepresentation o/data

    • Shows Page totalsso can easilycopare

    • 1ircle siLe can also5e adeproportional to total,antity to copare

    eaknesses

    • $ay not shown,erical data

    • 1an get crowdedwith too anydivisions

    • 1atagoric data only

    Radial 'iagras

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    Radial 'iagrasPotential questions, eval,ate ,se/,lness= appropriateness= s,ita5ility o/

    this techni,e

    Potential use, environental ,ality s,rvey i/ ,sing as a radial 5ar chart

    to copareJ? orientation o/ cir,es? ann,al teperat,re cycle$ay show in/o like a 5ar chart

    $ay show orientation < e.g. like a copass

    $ay show contin,o,s cycles < e.g. ann,al teperat,re cycle

    Strengths

    • 1an show direction=orientation= distanceand contin,o,s cycles

    • Bis,al representationo/ data

    eaknesses

    • 1an 5e diQc,lt to read• S,ita5le /or only

    certain data i.e. thatwhich has directiona5o,t a point or whichinvolves a cycle

    • $ay only show general

    trends= not very

    6r ang, ar rap s

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     6r ang, ar rap sPotential questions, eval,ates,ita5ility= eectiveness= ,se/,lness=appropriateness o/ this techni,e

    Potential use, eployent str,ct,resdivided into tertiary= secondary &priary

    Strengths

    • Bis,al representation o/relationship 5etween !varia5les

    •Pages are plotted <especially easy tocopare & contrast

    • 'isplay relatively largeao,nt o/ data

    • 1an see cl,stering

    eaknesses

    • Raw data ,st 5e t,rnedinto Pages

    • Not any investigations

    /eat,re ! varia5les• 1an 5e diQc,lt to

    interpret= esp. i/ a lot o/data is plotted

    ' spers on ' agras

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    ' spers on ' agrasPotential questions, eval,ate s,ita5ility= appropriateness=

    ,se/,lness or eectiveness o/ this techni,e

    Potential use, discharge along the long proDle o/ a river

    Strengths

    • Bis,al representation o/spread & range. 1anidenti/y cl,stering

    • (rel,de to statistical testse.g standard deviation

    • 1an plot ean= edian=ode= inter,artile range toanip,late data & showspread a5o,t theseaverages

    •+na5les coparison o/spread o/ data /ro

    eaknesses

    •  :o, can0t see relationshipsor draw concl,sions as doesnot show correlation like ascatter graph

    7 te ' agras

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    7 te ' agrasPotential questions, eval,ate eectiveness= appropriateness=

    s,ita5ility or ,se/,lness o/ this techni,e

    Potential use, distri5,tion o/ plant species along a transect o/

    a sand d,ne  Show presence?a5sence o/ species along a transect

      6hickness shows no.?Page o/ each species at a point

      6hickness 5alanced e,ally 5elow & a5ove a line

    Strengths

    • Raw data or Pages• Bis,al representation o/

    change & progression

    along a transect• 1an identi/y Lones• 1an draw concl,sions /ro

    vis,al distri5,tion• 'raw correlations < soe

    ay show ca,salrelationships

    eaknesses

    • "iited to transect lines• 8nly s,ita5le /or very

    speciDc data with speciDc

    p,rpose•  6oo any kites diQc,ltto read & interpret

    "ogarithic Graphs

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    "ogarithic GraphsPotential questions, eval,ateeectiveness= s,ita5ility= ,se/,lnessor appropriateness o/ this techni,e

    Potential use, pop,lation graphs

    Used with very large ranges orwhen an arithetic graphwo,ld prod,ce a para5olicrelationship rather than a

    straight lineStrengths

    • "ots o/ data? data with a largerange can 5e plotted

    • Saller val,es are given greaterpriority d,e to nat,re o/ logarithicscale -3-

    • 1an 5e sei3logarithic or 5otha@es can 5e logarithic

    • Baria5les o/ very dierent siLes can5e plotted on the sae graph e.g.pop,lation & tie

    • Show progression & can drawcoparisons /ro dierent so,rcese.g. pop,lation o/ dierentcontinents

    • 1an show previo,sly ,nseen

    patterns e.g. log graphs showincrease in world pop,lation to 5e

    eaknesses

    • 1annot start /ro • $ay ake soe relationships

    appear dierent as para5olicc,rves on a noral graph 5ecoestraight on log graphs

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     <Systes

    Potential questions, advantages & disadvantages? ,ses o/?,se/,lness? eectiveness

    Potential uses, ,sed /or p,5lic services e.g. re/,se collection=a5,lance services= s,perarket delivery services 3 show data

    a5o,t location & area characteristics. !OO!LE E"RT B 0este2ample

    $erge cartography= statistical analysis= and data5ase technology.

    Strengths

    • A5ility to show lots o/in/o= layered= on one

    ap• In/o can 5e linkedtogether to identi/yspatial patterns?s,pport analysis o/

    data

    eaknesses

    • Re,ire e@pensiveso/tware

    •1oplicated < ayre,ire training increating & ,se

    • 6oo any layers diQc,lt to interpret