Fieldwork methodology
What Fieldwork methodology means in Geography GCSE, as defined for AQA.
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The way information is gathered in the field, whose specific weaknesses can reduce the accuracy or reliability of the data collected.
The planning stage of the enquiry sequence, which comes after establishing the enquiry question and before collecting data.
Topics that use Fieldwork methodology
- Formulate enquiry and argument (AQA GCSE)
- Section B: Fieldwork (AQA GCSE)
Related terms
- Cartographic methods
- Cartographical presentation
- Continuous data
- Data analysis
- Data evaluation
- Data presentation
- Discrete data
- Evaluation of methods
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