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GEOGRAPHICAL SKILLS - Coggle Diagram
GEOGRAPHICAL SKILLS
Quantitative data
Mean, median, mode, range, interquartile range
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Spearman’s rank
Rank each pair of values form largest to smallest if two value are equal they have the same average ranking.
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Quantitative data uses four different scales; ratio, interval, ordinal and nominal
- non-spatial sampling
- spatial sampling
- point sampling
- stratified sampling
- area sampling
- line sampling
Geographical information
Communicate and evaluate findings, draw well-evidenced conclusions informed by wider theory and construct extended written argument about geographical matters
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- non quantitative maps (OS maps)
- Dot maps
- Chloropleth maps
- Proportional symbol maps
- Isoline/Isopleth maps
- Flow maps
- Images
- Diagrams/flow charts
- Histograms
- Bar charts
- Pie charts
- Line charts
- Dispersion charts
- Triangular graphs
- Big data
- Crowd sourced data
Geo-located data
Understand benefits and drawbacks of using geographical information systems (e.g smart phones and tablets)
Can process multiple data formats, easy record keeping
Can require training to use, expensive, data privacy
Qualitative data
Understand, interpret, analyse and evaluate a range of sources both textual and visual (observation, secondary data, interviews, coding, identifying themes)
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