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Week by Week - Week 17
Geographical Issues
Geographical Issues
This week you should spend some time using the Understanding Standards website to explore the examples of Geographical Issues essays.
The Geographical Issues essay aims to examine three main sources, which have contrasting or conflicting viewpoints on a current geographical issue. This can be local, national or global. It should be currently relevant - e.g. in the last few years or still having an impact.
The essay is a maximum of 1800 words and is handed in, along with your Geographical Study, in May.
You might want to look at these examples in particular:
2022 Candidate 1 - Should Edinburgh implement a Low Emission Zone? Marked as 33/40 with excellent justification, critical analysis and conclusion.
2022 Candidate 2 (scroll down) - Is deep sea mining the solution to the climate crisis? Marked as 30/40 with excellent justification, background reading and conclusion.
2019 Candidate 1 - An investigation into the impact and sustainability of cruise liners. Marked as 33/40 with strong justification, wider reading and good critical analysis.
2019 Candidate 2 - Does Scotland have the infrastructure to support the introduction of electric cars by 2032? Marked as 32/40 with excellent justification, wider reading and good summary & critical analysis.
Geographical Study
Geographical Study
This week we're starting bits of the final data gathering page - Inferential Statistics. This week we're focussing on the background knowledge and foundations which will let you access all the other techniques, as they can be a bit tricky. We'll look at hypothesis and significance.
Inferential statistics are used to test theories and hypothesis. They're great because they let us be confident about our answers, rather than just describing by saying "yes that data set pretty much follows that one." However, that comes with a bit more process and maths.
It's worth it though! Hopefully you'll be able to include some inferential statistics when testing hypothesis in your own Geographical Study.
Exam Practice
Exam Practice
Traffic Analysis 2019- 10 marks - 30 mins
Proportional Symbols (Spec) - 7 marks - 21 mins
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