This guide introduces geography students to the initial stages of statistical analysis by highlighting some of the necessary considerations when choosing a stats test and some of the key terms they need to know and use.

A comprehensive guide to one of the most commonly used statistical tests in geography. As well as highlighting the value of Spearman’s Rank and the parameters needed for its correct use, this guide also provides a step-by-step set of instructions and a worked example showing how it can be used to analyse questionnaire data.A comprehensive guide to one of the most commonly used statistical tests in geography. As well as highlighting the value of Spearman’s Rank and the parameters needed for its correct use, this guide also provides a step-by-step set of instructions and a worked example showing how it can be used to analyse questionnaire data.

An Excel spreadsheet which automatically calculates the critical value for Spearman’s Rank Correlation Coefficient 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.

A worksheet designed to support students in becoming more independent as they start and complete their NEA. Students are asked to come up with questions regarding their chosen research location which they can then analyse in themselves and categorise, highlighting particular strengths and weaknesses. This is to help them recognise a strong geographical research title at the start of their NEA process.

A worksheet designed to support students in becoming more independent as they start and complete their NEA. Students are asked to come up with guided questions regarding their chosen research location to help them think more widely about potential NEA titles that can be used.

An Excel spreadsheet which automatically calculates the critical value for the Chi Squared Test. 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.

A full significance table for use with the Student’s T Test. This version shows four different levels of significance.

A guide teaching students how to complete a Simpson’s Diversity Index. The guide comes with a variety of scenarios in geography that could use this statistical test as well as a fully worked example.

This risk assessment serves as a guide to the kind of considerations one might need to make when carrying out survey tasks outdoors. It is not to be taken as a completed document and teachers should edit and tailor the content to suit the particular circumstances of their individual fieldwork location.

A set of eight question grids that students can use when they first go to a new landscape. They encourage students to examine their environment more carefully and through a geographical lens.

A data collection sheet designed to support students assessing how different ecosystems might be managed for conservation and for human use.

Based on the concept of the ‘15 minute city’, this data collection sheet supports students assessing how sustainable and liveable an urban space might be.

A data collection sheet designed to support students assessing how pedestrian-friendly an urban space might be.

A data collection sheet designed to support students’ analysis of climate change mitigation and adaptation in urban landscapes.

A data collection sheet designed to support students assessing the natural goods and services an ecosystem might have.

A complete lesson plan for fieldwork that can take place in the school grounds investigating wind speed.

A complete lesson plan for fieldwork that can take place in the school grounds investigating noise pollution.

A step-by-step guide to making your own particulate panel out of everyday materials.

A step-by-step guide to making your own Secchi disk out of everyday materials.

A step-by-step guide to making your own clinometer out of everyday materials.