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Field Work Procedure (Steps Followed)
1. Identification of Topic/Theme
-Reason why you want to carry out field study e.g. ‘A study of rocks around the school’
2. Identification of the Area of Study
-Determining the area to be used for study.
-Should be chosen carefully to ensure that the field study is successful.
Conditions It Should Meet
a) Should contain sufficient information
b) Should be within a convenience distance to reduce expenses
3. Statement of Objectives
-Stating aims of carrying the field study.
-Act as guidelines to activities to be undertaken during field work.
They should be simple, brief, testable and achievable. E.g. for the topic ‘A study of a local farm’ objectives could be stated as follows:
- To find out methods of farming in a local farm
- To identify the cattle breeds in the farm
- To investigate the problems facing the farm.
4. Formulation of Hypotheses
-Assumptions set before field work whose validity or acceptance is to be proved.
Null Hypothesis (Ho)
-One stated in negative form e.g. ‘There is no relationship between rainfall and crop yield’.
- Alternative/Substantive hypothesis (H1)
-One stated positively e.g. ‘most foodstuffs sold in the neighbourhood don’t come from the immediate neighbourhood’.
Quantitative words should be used e.g. more, most, majority. It should not be obvious.
5. Preparation of the Field Study
getting rock samples and hoe for digging to get soil samples, etc.
6. Carrying Out the Field Study
-Setting off to go to the area of study to look for data where techniques of collecting and recording data are applied.
Follow Up Activities
-After data is collected and recorded it’s summarised in the following ways:
- Discussing the findings in class giving reports through group leaders
- Writing reports in essay form
- Calculation of percentages, means, medians and modes
- Laboratory testing of samples
- Presentation of data using methods such as graphs, pie charts
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