Module Identifier | GG21710 | ||
Module Title | ANALYSIS + PRESENTATION OF QUANTITATIVE DATA | ||
Academic Year | 2002/2003 | ||
Co-ordinator | Dr Bryn P Hubbard | ||
Semester | Semester 1 | ||
Other staff | Dr Tom Coulthard | ||
Pre-Requisite | Only available to intending Honours Geographers | ||
Course delivery | Lecture | 10 x 1 hr | |
Practical | Practicals / Field Days. 10 x 4 hrs | ||
Assessment | Semester Assessment | Course Work: Continuous assessment based on the production of one workbook covering all 10 practical classes. | 100% |
Supplementary Assessment | Continuous assessment | 100% |
Familiarisation with the data handling, processing and presentation techniques involved will be achieved using data sets provided from a range of geographical and earth science settings. The course will cover discrete, but progressive, themes:
I. Data acquisition and description
sampling strategies; types of data; data storage; data description; data reduction and creating tables
II. Sample comparison
t-test and chi; analysis of variance
III. Plotting data
creating graphs; transforming data; interpreting graphs
IV. Correlation and regression
linear
V. Correlation and regression
non-linear and multiple
VI. Advanced graphic techniques
time series; histograms, multiple plots
VII. Plotting surface graphs and contours
VIII. Geographical Information Systems
IX. Geographical Information Systems
X. Presentation software