Geographical skills

Craftingsurveyquestions ● Length(reasonablenumber of questions)● Layout(beginwithpersonal detailsfor profiling:start withclosedquestions,endwithopen-endedquestions)● Language(simpleandclear, avoidjargon)● Questiontype(Mixtureof questionsfor best results: Yes/No, Likert scale, multipleselection,open-ended,etc.)● Questionstoavoid(doublebarreledquestions, overlysensitivequestions, questionsthataredifficult toanswer inashort periodof time,leadingquestions)Examplesof badsurveyquestions:Doyouthinkthat gameconsolesandmobilephonesshouldbebannedfromschool?(Yes/Noqn)^double-barreled, respondent might feel that gameconsolesshouldbebannedbut notmobilephones, or viceversa. Thiswill causethemtobeunabletogiveatruthful answerHowmuchdoyouearnper year?(open-ended)^overlypersonal question. If needtoaskthesetypeof questions, useranges(eg.$1000-$2000) etc. Sampling Whyissamplingnecessary?-Toomanypeople-Still havearepresentativesample Typeof sampling Systematic Random Howit works Referstocollectingdataatregular intervals(eg.fromevery2mawayor every5thperson) Randomlyselectedpersonfromthepopulation(eg.drawinglotsorusingtableof randomnumbers) Advantage Ensuresthat thepopulationwill beevenlysampled Ensuresthat everymemberof thepopulationhasanequal chanceof beingselected. Disadvantage Might inadvertentlypickupsomeunderlyingregularityandmissout onpossibleirregularities Mayproduceunrepresentativeresultsifsamplesizeissmall

Data Typeof data PrimaryData SecondaryData Howtoobtain Surveys, takingphotographs Onlineresearch, libraryresearch Advantages Surveys:Datawill beup-todateandarenot availablefromsecondarysourcesSurveyscanbeconductedquicklyandeasilyusingelectronicmeansPhotographsMultiplephotographscanbetakentocaptureafeatureatdifferent anglesor toallowselectionof themost suitablephotograph Donot needtocomeupwithsurveyquestionsor godowntothefieldsite,canbedonefromthecomfort of one'shomeFactual informationisunlikelytobebiased Disadvantages Surveys:Surveyresultsmaynot beaccurateasrespondentsmaynot givetruthful answersSurveysmaybeinsufficient ingatheringcertainkindsofinformation(eg.feelings)Photographs:Onephotographcan´t showmotionandchangesovertime.Might captureunnecessarydetails. Informationmight not becredibleInformationmight not beuptodateInformationmight not matchtherequirementsof theproject LatitudeandLongitude Latitude-Northor SouthLongitude-east or westFormat isx○N/Sy○E/W, wherexandyarenumbersExample: 12○S4○E(thecircleisadegreesign)

PhotographAnnotation For photographannotation, dividethepictureinto9partslikethis (sorryventi, i mainhimbut yeah) -Readthequestioncarefullyandannotaterelevant features-Answer tothequestionandnot writeirrelevant information ^takenfrom2020y1powerpoint slidesSobasically, youneedtolabel thepicturelikeyouwouldlabel abiological drawing.