GEOG 200 Readings

Introduction to Research Methods for Geographers

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Required readings

McGrew, J. Chapman, Jr.; Lembo, Arthur J.; and Monroe, Charles B. 2014. An Introduction to Statistical Problem Solving in Geography, 3rd. ed. Long Grove, IL: Waveland Press, Inc.

     Midterm

* Ch. 1-2 (introduction to statistics, geographical data, measurement, and visual representation).
* Ch. 3-4 (descriptive statistics and descriptive spatial statistics).
* Ch. 5-6 (probability).
* Ch. 7 (sampling).
* Ch. 8 (estimation and confidence intervals).

     Final

* Ch. 9 (introduction to inferential statistics, one sample tests).
* Ch. 10-11 (two sample t-tests and multiple sample tests).
* Ch. 12-14 (goodness-of-fit tests, contingency tables, point and area pattern analysis).
* Ch. 16-18 (correlation and regression).

Trochim, William M. 2004. The Research Methods Knowledge Base, 2nd Edition. Available online at http://www.socialresearchmethods.net/kb/. (last revised 7 June 2004). This is also available in book form, which can be purchased as Trochim, W. 2000. The Research Methods Knowledge Base, 2nd Edition. Cincinnati, OH: Atomic Dog Publishing, by clicking here.

     Readings to Support Lab 5

* "Qualitative Measures" section, including all five of its subsections
* "Unobtrusive Measures" section

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Helpful optional readings

Lane, David M. 2000. HyperStat Online, Rice Virtual Lab in Statistics, Rice University, Houston, TX.

     Midterm

* Ch. 1 (introduction, levels of measurement).
* Ch. 2 (describing univariate data).
* Ch. 4-5 (probability distributions).
* Ch. 6-8 (sampling distributions, point estimation, confidence intervals).

     Final

* Ch. 9 (logic of hypothesis-testing).
* Ch. 10, Sect. 1-6; 9-10. (Differences of means and proportions).
* Ch. 12. (ANOVA).
* Ch. 16. (Chi-squared).
* Ch. 10, Sect. 7-8; Ch. 15. (Correlation and regression).
* Ch. 17. (Some ordinal and distribution-free tests).

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