Analysis - Spearman's Rank

Coursework help sheets

Before you start the analysis it is helpful if you have done all the necessary graphs and also done Spearman’s Rank. This way you can use the graphs and Spearman’s Rank as evidence to prove what you have found. – see the separate sheets for doing the graphs and spearman’s rank.

 

Analysis

• State the hypothesis again
• Say if you have proved or disproved the hypothesis
• State the evidence that show whether or not you have proved or disproved the hypothesis. This is when you should refer to your graphs and to Spearman’s rank.
• You should include the following:
  • The results of your environmental survey
  • The results of your noise survey
  • The results of your pedestrian and traffic survey.
  • The average house prices
  • Feedback from your questionnaire
• All of the above should be shown in graph form
• You should now go on to explain why one area was better than the other area. This will include things such as:
  • Distance from the town centre
  • Litter
  • Number of roads in the area
  • Amount of open space
  • Facilities the area has to offer
• Spearman’s rank – this is a formula to see if there is a correlation (link) between two sets of data. You will be using this to see if there is a link between the distance from the town centre and the score on the environmental index. – see the separate sheets on how to do the Spearman’s Rank.
• Links – look at your data to see if there are any links in your findings, for example
  • Is the area with the highest house prices also the area with the highest environmental scores?
  • Is the area with the highest noise level also the area with the highest amount of traffic?
  • Your analysis must contain LINKS if you area to achieve level 3 (the top level) in this section of the coursework.
  • Theory – you now need to refer back to your introduction and say which model your town fits (Burgess or Hoyt) and give the evidence and reasons why.