Geographical Skills and Fieldwork Investigations

This topic is included in AS-level Paper 2 and A-level for AQA Geography. You can find notes and articles for it below.

Notes

Essential Notes

(Area 1) Introduction and Preliminary Research
(Area 2) Methods of Field Investigation
(Area 3) Methods of Critical Analysis
(Area 4) Conclusion, Evaluation and Presentation

Extra Notes

Choosing a Topic
Data Collection Techniques
Geographical Information Systems (GIS)

Maths Resources

Maths for Geographers (suitable for AQA)
Statistical Tests

Referencing

Harvard Referencing

Sample Sections

Methods

Flood Risk Management Sample Answer (Methods)
Rural Inequalities Sample Answer (Methods)

Analysis

Flood Risk Management Sample Answer (Analysis)
Rural Inequalities Sample Answer (Analysis)

Conclusion

Rural Inequalities Sample Answer (Conclusions)

Videos

Mann-Whitney U
Chi Squared
Spearman’s Rank
Standard Deviation
Box and Whisker Plots
How to use ArcGIS