GEOG 200 Readings

Introduction to Research Methods for Geographers

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

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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