Overall Result Analysis
- The fieldwork conclusion should:
- Return to the hypothesis and aim
- Identify any evidence that supports the hypothesis
- Outline any evidence that contradicts the hypothesis
- Describe and explain any links to geographical theories
- Acknowledge any unusual results
- State whether the hypothesis is supported or not
Exam Tip
In the exam, you may be asked how valid or reliable your conclusions were. It is important to know the difference between the two.
- Reliability refers to whether the results you have gathered could be reproduced in the same conditions. For example, would a student measuring river velocity at the same sample site in the same conditions get the same velocity measurements?
- Validity refers to the accuracy of the measure, and whether the results represent what they are supposed to measure. For example, a measure of environmental quality should measure the environment and not economic characteristics
