GG254 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Kondratiev Wave, School Zone, Death Metal
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Week 2 data & measurement: philosophies of science. The only reality that matters is that which can be measured. Classical approach, dominant: geographic traditions, area studies. Study what can be observed, but understand observations are. All study is value-laden, political, within a social construct. There is no reality beyond which we socially understand. Less relevant today: spatial, human environment. Study of the spatial distribution of phenomena. Qualitative & quantitative: e. g. impacts and adaptations, earth science. Physical processes that form and shape the physical world. Data gathered through field work/observations: statistics in geography and environmental studies, statistical analysis is increasingly part of urban, physical, economic, and human geography. Select sub-areas for doing qualitative work e. g. focus groups/interviews. Refine questions generalize findings to a larger area: data dictionary table, data types, an organized collection of data element names and definitions arranged in a, critical for understanding what variables mean, primary, secondary. Obtained from the course that originally collected it.
