Fieldwork:a-level geography

Tevans19

What did everyone put in their methodology section of the NEA

Reply 1

AliTobitt

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by Tevans19

What did everyone put in their methodology section of the NEA

Hi, for my Physical Geography NEA methodology I've written 4 paragraphs, 1 for each type of data collection, in which I explained how to do it, how it will be useful, how much data I'll collect and why I've used that sampling technique. I also included a diagram, some photos, calculations and a copy of my questionnaire. My teacher has told me to have a map right at the start of the methodology section to justify the location of the data collection (again, because I've already done that in the intro). I think the methodology section is the hardest part of the NEA, so don't worry about it too much because yours could be a lot better than some other people's, especially if you use prose (paragraphs instead of a table) and have a few different types of data collection.

Reply 2

Hannah Budgell

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by Tevans19

What did everyone put in their methodology section of the NEA

I did a map and photo of the location, and a brief description of conditions when I collected the data. Then I did a table with the following headings:

Data collected

Qualitative/quantitative

Method

Justification (why did you do it this way)

Advantages of the method

Disadvantages of the method

Sampling technique

Ethical considerations

Risk assessment

By doing a table you can make sure you haven't missed anything for each method. It's important to do things thoroughly on the methodology as it's a lot easier to drop marks on Area 3 so make sure area 2 is set to get full marks if possible.

Good luck!