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Introducing Statistics to Geography Students: The Case for Exploratory Data Analysis.

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Burn, Christopher R.; Fox, Michael F. – Journal of Geography, 1986

Exploratory data analysis (EDA) gives students a feel for the data being considered. Four applications of EDA are discussed: the use of displays, resistant statistics, transformations, and smoothing. (RM)

Descriptors: Data Interpretation, Geography Instruction, Higher Education, Learning Activities

The Geographic Profile.

Peer reviewed

Dahmann, Donald C. – Journal of Geography, 1996

Reintroduces and updates the geographic profile as a visualization technique for representing and analyzing the structure of geographical information. A computer software-generated profile focuses on specific information (persons per square mile in selected cities) and represents that information spatially on a graph. (MJP)

Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Data Analysis, Data Collection, Data Interpretation