Describing your results
Write a commentary describing the trends, patterns or relationships in your results. Make comparisons between different locations or groups of people. Use numbers to support each statement. Here are some useful words.
Trends
- increase
- decrease
- no change
Patterns
- equally distributed
- unequally distributed
- dispersed
- concentrated
- sparse
Relationships
Direction of correlation:
- positive
- negative
- no correlation
Strength of correlation:
- strong
- weak
Statements of proportion
e.g. “A is 40% higher than B”
Explaining your results
Try to explain each finding you have described with reference to geographical theory. Finally state whether your key findings show if your hypothesis is correct, partly correct or incorrect.