1. 5 Credits AS91244 - 2.5- Conduct Geographic research with guidance

2. Writing a Research Plan Your research plan details your aim (what you intend to find out) and how you intend to do this. Firstly Step 1 Define your topic. 1. State a geographic problem or issue (begin with What is, Why isWhere areWhat if How hasetc) 2. Justify your choice of topic. This topic was chosen: Because it covered the following geographic concepts (location, distance, change, perception, region, environment, pattern, process, system..) Because Because 3. State your hypothesis, that is the tentative answers to your questions (that your wrote in response to no.1). Hypothesis 1 : I would expect that.. Hypothesis 2 : I would expect that.. 3. Data Collection what will you need to record? Primary Data Information obtained directly from the source by observation, surveys or experimentation. Secondary Data Information collected by someone else for another purpose. 4. Step 2: Devise a plan of Investigation (Methodology) 1. Location of region(s) chosen to carry out research (what and where) 2. Useful sources for background information(textbooks, websites, news items etc..) Source:..Information gained. How does this information relate to the topic?.............. 3. Measurement in the field. Instrument required .. Dates of field research 4. What resources (photos statistics, etc) do you need to collect?