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Chi Squared Test
A comprehensive guide to one of the more commonly used statistical tests in geography. As well as highlighting the strengths of Chi Squared and the parameters needed for its correct use, this guide also provides a step-by-step set of instructions and a worked example showing how it can be used to analyse questionnaire data.
Statistics Calculators
A set of Excel spreadsheets which automatically calculate critical values for six of the most widely used statistical tests in geography A Level:
Spearman’s Rank Correlation Coefficient
Mann Whitney U Test
Chi Squared Test
Student’s T Test
Pearson Product Moment Correlation Coefficient
Simpson’s Diversity Index
A good way for students to check their long-hand working, or a way to analyse primary data for students who are unconfident in their maths skills.
Choosing a Statistical Test
This guide introduces geography students to the initial stages of statistical analysis by highlighting some of the necessary considerations when choosing a stats test and some of the key terms they need to know and use.
Independent Title: Balloon Debate
A worksheet designed to support students in becoming more independent as they start and complete their NEA.
Students are asked to justify their choice of title via a balloon debate - the worksheet highlights some of the key areas that their justifications should cover. This enables students to see the relative strengths and weaknesses in each others’ titles and encourages them to make their NEA titles as strong as possible.
Spearman's Rank CC Calculator
An Excel spreadsheet which automatically calculates the critical value for Spearman’s Rank Correlation Coefficient
A good way for students to check their long-hand working, or a way to analyse primary data for students who are not confident in their maths skills.
Question your place analysis
A worksheet designed to support students in becoming more independent as they start and complete their NEA.
Students are asked to come up with questions regarding their chosen research location which they can then analyse in themselves and categorise, highlighting particular strengths and weaknesses. This is to help them recognise a strong geographical research title at the start of their NEA process.
What is the data?
A worksheet designed to support students in becoming more independent as they start and complete their NEA.
Students are asked to define the different forms of data they may need to collect as part of their NEA. This encourages students to think more widely about the nature of data and how different forms of data might be collected independently.
Student's T Test Calculator
An Excel spreadsheet which automatically calculates the critical value for the Student’s T test.
A good way for students to check their long-hand working, or a way to analyse primary data for students who are not confident in their maths skills.
Independent Working: Self Assessment Quiz
A worksheet designed to support students in becoming more independent as they start and complete their NEA.
Students are asked to complete a quiz that ranks their research activities in terms of the level of independence they have displayed.
Independent Working Checklist
A worksheet designed to support students in becoming more independent as they start and complete their NEA.
Students are asked to complete a checklist of activities to show that they have worked independently during their research.
Design the perfect field research
A worksheet designed to support students in becoming more independent as they start and complete their NEA.
Students are asked to design their perfect, no-limits fieldwork research for their NEA. Once teachers then give the parameters for the fieldwork, such as location and timescale, students then scale their ideas to work logistically. This activity encourages students to think big and take greater ownership with their research, improving their motivation to be independent.
Lorenz Curves
A student guide to Lorenz Curves - what they are, how they could be used in geographical research and how to calculate them. The worksheet includes a step-by-step guide and worked example.
Question Your Place Writing Frame
A worksheet designed to support students in becoming more independent as they start and complete their NEA.
Students are asked to come up with guided questions regarding their chosen research location to help them think more widely about potential NEA titles that can be used.
What does an independent researcher look like?
A worksheet designed to support students in becoming more independent as they start and complete their Geography NEA.
Students are asked to select appropriate descriptions of what an independent researcher is like - highlighting the kind of good practice they should emulate.
Independent Research Diary
A worksheet designed to support students in becoming more independent as they start and complete their NEA.
Students are asked to complete the diary in the form of a table, recording their thoughts, any positive and negative feedback, and providing a structure to the research process.
Increasing Engagement with People and Places in Fieldwork
A guide listing a range of techniques teachers can use to try to get their students to engagement more with their fieldwork site. These cover the time before, during and after the fieldwork has taken place.
Planning Your Use of GIS in the NEA
Through a series of five tasks, this worksheet guides students through the thought processes needed to ensure successful deployment of GIS in the collection and/or presentation of their data in the NEA.
Nearest Neighbour Index
A guide showing students a range of ways to use this statistical test as well as a step-by-step guide for its completion through a fully-worked geographical example.
Chi Squared Test Calculator
An Excel spreadsheet which automatically calculates the critical value for the Chi Squared Test.
A good way for students to check their long-hand working, or a way to analyse primary data for students who are unconfident in their maths skills.
Mann Whitney U Test Critical Values
A full critical value table for use with the Mann Whitney U Test.