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Z Scores
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Z Scores

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A student guide for the use of Z scores within geographical research. Includes a step-by-step guide showing students how to calculate them.
Statistics Calculators
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Statistics Calculators

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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.
Independent Title: Balloon Debate
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Independent Title: Balloon Debate

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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.
What is the data?
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What is the data?

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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
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Student's T Test Calculator

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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
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Independent Working: Self Assessment Quiz

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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
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Independent Working Checklist

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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
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Design the perfect field research

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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
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Lorenz Curves

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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.
What does an independent researcher look like?
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What does an independent researcher look like?

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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
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Independent Research Diary

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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.
Nearest Neighbour Index
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Nearest Neighbour Index

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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.