Data Presentation (section 3)

Rule 1.

You need to state the obvious.

Prove to the examiner that you know the obvious

Rule 2.

You can’t make claims that your DATA can’t support.

Rule 3.

Stay focused on your key questions

TRules What if?

How do we present data?

What does this graph tell us?What is good about it?What could be improved?

What does this map tell us?What is good about it?What could be improved?

1. Is Hengistbury Head is an important for nature?

Annotated MapIn the introduction. Shows the features of Commercial Road and the surrounding area. E.g. Densely packed housing, services, transport.

Annotated Satellite image In the introduction. Focus on land use, open space, brownfield locations. Consider historic maps using Google Earth.

Service Map Classify into appropriate services that match the questionnaire. Location of all data collection techniques.

Proportional Circle Map For pedestrian / traffic count. Consider doing as an overlay of the Service Map.

Divided Bar Graphs Great for comparing 3 variables together. E.g. Gender, services used and frequency.

Radar Graphs Ratings of public transport

Annotated Field Sketch Worth lots of marks as it’s difficult to link to a key question well.

Annotated Photograph as above

Bar Graph A very basic technique

Scatter Graph Be careful – should only be used for continuous data

Pie Chart A very, very basic technique

Pictogram Useful and high level is done correctly.