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A student guide to the A Level independent investigation (Non-examined Assessment - NEA)

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  • Key Stage Five,
  • Fieldwork,
  • Data Skills

The following documents are available in the Downloads section below:

Download a copy of the guide below

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Before you start

i   – Independent Investigation - Student Planning Form
       Independent Investigation - Student Planning Form (Word document)

ii  – A Guide to Writing A Research Plan

iii – A Guide to Effective Background Reading

iv – A Guide to Referencing

Section 1 – Introduction

1a – A Guide to Hypotheses

Section 2 – Data collection

2a – A Guide to Different Types of Data

2b – A Guide to Data Collection Techniques – Quantitative Measuring

2c – A Guide to Data Collection Techniques – Surveys

2d – A Guide to Data Collection Techniques – Interviews

2e – A Guide to Data Collection Techniques – Questionnaires

2f – A Guide to Data Collection Techniques – Observations, Photographs and Field Sketches

2g – A Guide to Sampling Techniques

2h – A Guide to Recording Data in the Field

2i – A Guide to Avoiding Biased Data

Section 3 – Data presentation

3a – A Guide to Column Charts and Histograms

3b – A Guide to Pictograms

3c – A Guide to Pie Charts

3d – A Guide to Scatter and Line Graphs

3e – A Guide to Box and Whisker Graphs

3f – A Guide to Kite Diagrams

3g – A Guide to Triangular graphs

3h – A Guide to Rose and Radial Graphs

3i – A Guide to Isoline Maps

3j – A Guide to Choropleth Maps

3k – A Guide to Pictorial Data Presentation

3l – A Guide to Presenting Qualitative Data

Section 4 – Data analysis

4a – A Guide to Measures of Central Tendency

4b – A Guide to Measuring Proportions

4c – A Guide to Measures of Dispersion

4d – A Guide to Cost-Benefit Analysis

4e – A Guide to Spearman’s Rank

4f – A Guide to Chi-Squared Testing

4g – A Guide to Simpson’s Diversity Index

4h – A Guide to Pearson’s Product Moment

4i – A Guide to Nearest Neighbour Analysis

4j – A Guide to Mann-Whitney U Test

4k – A Guide to Qualitative Data Analysis

Section 5 – Conclusions

Section 6 – Evaluation

Section 7 – Final checks 

Posters – A guide to reading your research landscape

A copy of FAQs from the awarding bodies

View a video from the Royal Met Soc - MetLink - Weather Fieldwork for your A Level Geography Independent Investigation

 

This project was funded by the Nuffield Foundation, but the views expressed are those of the authors and not necessarily those of the Foundation

 

 

Downloads

  • Full Guide: Guide to the NEA (.pdf)
  • Student Planning Form - Word (.docx)
  • Student Planning Form - PDF (.pdf)
  • A Guide to Writing A Research Plan (.pdf)
  • A Guide to Effective Background Reading (.pdf)
  • A Guide to Referencing (.pdf)
  • Section 1 – Introduction (.pdf)
  • 1a – A Guide to Hypotheses (.pdf)
  • Section 2 – Data collection (.pdf)
  • 2a – A Guide to Different Types of Data (.pdf)
  • 2b – A Guide to Data Collection Techniques – Quantitative Measuring (.pdf)
  • 2c – A Guide to Data Collection Techniques – Surveys (.pdf)
  • 2d – A Guide to Data Collection Techniques – Interviews (.pdf)
  • 2e – A Guide to Data Collection Techniques – Questionnaires (.pdf)
  • 2f – A Guide to Data Collection Techniques – Observations, Photographs and Field Sketches (.pdf)
  • 2g – A Guide to Sampling Techniques (.pdf)
  • 2h – A Guide to Recording Data in the Field (.pdf)
  • 2i – A Guide to Avoiding Biased Data (.pdf)
  • Section 3 – Data presentation (.pdf)
  • 3a – A Guide to Column Charts and Histograms (.pdf)
  • 3b – A Guide to Pictograms (.pdf)
  • 3c – A Guide to Pie Charts (.pdf)
  • 3d – A Guide to Scatter and Line Graphs (.pdf)
  • 3e – A Guide to Box and Whisker Graphs (.pdf)
  • 3f – A Guide to Kite Diagrams (.pdf)
  • 3g – A Guide to Triangular graphs (.pdf)
  • 3h – A Guide to Rose and Radial Graphs (.pdf)
  • 3i – A Guide to Isoline Maps (.pdf)
  • 3j – A Guide to Choropleth Maps (.pdf)
  • 3k – A Guide to Pictorial Data Presentation (.pdf)
  • 3l – A Guide to Presenting Qualitative Data (.pdf)
  • Section 4 – Data analysis (.pdf)
  • 4a – A Guide to Measures of Central Tendency (.pdf)
  • 4b – A Guide to Measuring Proportions (.pdf)
  • 4c – A Guide to Measures of Dispersion (.pdf)
  • 4d – A Guide to Cost-Benefit Analysis (.pdf)
  • 4e – A Guide to Spearman’s Rank (.pdf)
  • 4f – A Guide to Chi-Squared Testing (.pdf)
  • 4g – A Guide to Simpson’s Diversity Index (.pdf)
  • 4h – A Guide to Pearson’s Product Moment (.pdf)
  • 4i – A Guide to Nearest Neighbour Analysis (.pdf)
  • 4j – A Guide to Mann-Whitney U Test (.pdf)
  • 4k – A Guide to Qualitative Data Analysis (.pdf)
  • Section 5 – Conclusions (.pdf)
  • Section 6 – Evaluation (.pdf)
  • Section 7 – Final checks (.pdf)
  • Posters – A guide to reading your research landscape (.pdf)
  • Poster – RMetS weather and climate (.pdf)
  • FAQs from the awarding bodies (.pdf)
  • A Guide to Collecting Weather Data (.pdf)
  • BSG geomorphology projects for students (.pdf)
  • NEA word limit letter (.docx)
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