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Presenting geographical data

I can present quantitative and qualitative data and use maps to present spatial data.

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Key learning points

  1. Quantitative data can be presented using a variety of graphs and charts.
  2. Qualitative data can be presented using a variety of text based graphics.
  3. Geographers frequently use maps to show how data varies spatially.

Keywords

  • Discrete data - data in which each field is unconnected to, and does not affect, the data in any other field

  • Continuous data - data that is connected to values before and after it in sequence

  • Spatial data - data that can vary according to where it is collected

Common misconception

Geographers present data to make it look more attractive.

Geographers present data so that it becomes more meaningful. It allows geographers to see patterns and relationships in the data that will help them answer their enquiry question.

Using geography textbooks, ask students to identify by name some of the data presentation techniques they can see. Some students may even be able to suggest data presentation methods for data that is given in its raw form in tables.
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6 Questions

Q1.
What is a sampling strategy?
An imaginary line along which data is collected.
Correct answer: A way of selecting some data to study from a much larger population.
The number of individual pieces of data studied in an enquiry.
A plan that outlines how exactly data will be recorded.
Q2.
The collection of physical data tends to focus on the and the quality of the land.
Correct Answer: shape, Dimensions, Morphology
Q3.
Which of these would not count as a collection of physical geographical data?
Recording different infiltration rates in soil.
Measuring the height of a cliff face.
Comparing the size of river bedload.
Correct answer: Surveying how people commute into their place of work.
Q4.
A is an imaginary line along which data might be collected.
Correct Answer: transect, Transect
Q5.
Match the sampling strategy to an example.
Correct Answer:Random sampling,Asking a questionnaire whenever you feel like it.
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Asking a questionnaire whenever you feel like it.

Correct Answer:Systematic sampling,Asking a questionnaire to every 5th person who walks past you.
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Asking a questionnaire to every 5th person who walks past you.

Correct Answer:Stratified sampling,Ensuring your respondents are representative of the local population.
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Ensuring your respondents are representative of the local population.

Q6.
What are advantages of choosing a number of sampling locations?
The geographer has a back up in case one location does not have the right data.
Correct answer: The geographer can average the results to get a better impression of the area.
Correct answer: The geographer avoids bias by having a wide spread of data.
The geographer gets to see more of the area they are surveying.

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4 Questions

Q1.
What is discrete data?
Data that can be placed into more than one category.
Correct answer: Data that can be placed into distinctive, exclusive categories.
Data where the categories change depending on the location.
Data where the categories are unclear at the start of the data collection.
Q2.
Data presentation is not about making data look attractive, it is about presenting it ...
amusingly.
impressively.
Correct answer: appropriately
technically.
Q3.
Which of these can not be used to present qualitative data?
Venn diagram
Quote bank sector
Correct answer: Radial graph
Word cloud
Correct answer: Tally chart
Q4.
Match the map style to the description.
Correct Answer:Dot map,Each piece of data is represented by an individual plot on the map.
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Each piece of data is represented by an individual plot on the map.

Correct Answer:Choropleth map,The map is shaded according to the density of data found there.
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The map is shaded according to the density of data found there.

Correct Answer:Proportional symbol map,The size of the data value is represented by the size of the icon.
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The size of the data value is represented by the size of the icon.

Correct Answer:Situated chart map,Individual graphs are placed onto the map in the appropriate places.
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Individual graphs are placed onto the map in the appropriate places.