Assignment 1
Ian Godin Geog 370 Assignment 1 Overview: This assignment serves as an introduction to statistical methods in geography. The first part of this assignment focuses on different classification methods and their uses. The second part of the assignment involves using these classification methods to represent data and make an accurate map Goals: The goals of this assignment are to Differentiate between levels of measurement Differentiate between classification methods Retrieving data from the U.S. Census and joining data Enhance cartographic knowledge _________________________________________________________________________________ Part 1: The first part of this assignment includes defining different classification methods and providing examples of each. The four methods described below include Nominal, Ordinal, Ratio and Interval data. 1. Nominal Data: Nominal data is any type of data that does not have a number value associated with it. This may inclu...