REC 359 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Geographic Information System
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Helps you remember what you read in each article. Can tell us who, what, or when something happened. Quantifying data: ex: the pain assessment tool, fundraising goals, liatre scale (survey question with numbers, quantitative units of analysis: Example of social artifacts: advertisements with children in it. Quantitative research is usually focused on one aspect of a larger phenomenon: ex: can"t research everything about literature in tourism. Methodologies: gis geographic information systems. Using maps to tell a story or answer a question. Ex: trying to see where people think nicolas spark"s books locations are so they tell people to ping in when they think they are in an area and that will show where/what people think of that area. Gis is online for free if you want to make your own gis. Would use in recreation field more: observational studies. Ex: 0=no smile 5=smile 10=laughing: measure of output/performance.
