GEOG 200 Readings

Introduction to Research Methods for Geographers

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Required readings

McGrew, J. Chapman, Jr., and Monroe, Charles B. 1999. An Introduction to Statistical Problem Solving in Geography, 2nd. ed. Dubuque, IO, and other places: Wm. C. Brown.

     Midterm

* Ch. 1-2 (by 8 September 2007).
* Ch. 3-4 (by 22 September 2007).
* Ch. 5 (by 29 September 2007).
* Ch. 7 (by 4 October 2007).
* Ch. 6 (by 13 October 2007).

     Final

* Ch. 8 (by 3 November 2007).
* Ch. 9-10 (by 22 November 2007).
* Ch. 11-12 (by 1 December 2007).
* Ch. 13-14 (by 8 December 2007).

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 6

* "Qualitative Measures" section, including all five of its subsections (by 10 November 2007)
* "Unobtrusive Measures" section (by 18 October 2007).

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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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