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Watch: Introduction to researching fieldwork

Play the video to watch Ayesha and James visit a park to research their fieldwork investigation.

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Fieldwork tips

Image gallerySkip image gallerySlide 1 of 6, A group of young people are discussing the types of questions to ask people, Planning your research If you want to present your data in a table or graph you need to think of the types of questions you will ask.

To carry out your investigation, you need to think about:

  • what you want to find out
  • what type of questions you will ask 鈥 open or closed
  • what type of data you will collect 鈥 qualitative or quantitative
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What is a closed question?

To find out people鈥檚 views during your fieldwork, you need to think of what types of questions to ask.

A graph showing quantitative data from the closed questions with 8 yes and 4 no answers.

A closed question is where the answer is either yes or no, such as:

  • Do you like to come to the park?
  • Do you think dogs should be allowed in the park?
  • The data you get from closed questions is called quantitative data.
  • You can count the number, or quantity of people who have answered 鈥榶es鈥 and 鈥榥o鈥.
  • This kind of data is easy to make into a graph.
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What is an open question?

A tally showing qualitative data with a range of answers to the open question about why people like to come to the park.

Open questions are where the answer could be anything, such as:

  • What do you like best about the park?
  • Why do you like to come to the park?
  • The data you get from open questions is called qualitative data.
  • It is measured by the quality, not the quantity.
  • This type of data is hard to make into a graph, unless you make a list of answers to choose from.
A tally showing qualitative data with a range of answers to the open question about why people like to come to the park.
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Activities

Activity 1: Make your own questionnaire

A boy is thinking about questions to ask in a questionnaire

See if you can design a questionnaire using either open or closed questions to try out on friends and family and then make a graph from the results.

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Activity 2: Quiz 鈥 Researching fieldwork

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