Quantitative techniques and research methods in geography / Dr. Sunil Garg.

By:

Garg, Sunil [author]

Material type: Text

TextLanguage: English Publication details: New Delhi, India : Random Publications, 2017Description: 319 pages ; 24 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9789386355461 (hardcover)

Subject(s):

LOC classification:

G70.3 G18 2017

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Contents:

Concepts of geography -- Qualitative research methods in geography -- Remote sensing -- Geographic information system: concepts, methods & tools -- Map reading and earth systems -- Statistics in geography -- Research methods for data collection and analysis -- Design of global positioning system -- Quantitative data analysis.

Summary: "The mathematical basis for geostatistics derives from cluster analysis linear discriminant analysis and non parametric statistical tests and a variety of other subjects. Applications of geostatistics rely heavily on geographic information systems, particularly for the interpolation estimate of unmeasured points. Geographers are making notable contributions to the method of quantitative techniques. Quantitative Geography is a lucid and comprehensive overview of the use of quantitative methods in spatial data analysis. It focuses on the philosophy informing spatial analysis and demonstrates the significant differences between modern quantitative methods and the methods associated with Geography’s ‘Quantitative Revolutions’. The statistical methods are employed in geography for the generating and testing hypotheses using empirical data, whereas the mathematical techniques and theorems are used for deriving models from a set of initial abstract assumptions. In other words, statistical methods are used to estimate, and test the significance of, various parameters associated with a given mathematical model such as the distance decay and gravity models. This book contains the fundamental and basic information of quantities geography and the selection of contents makes it an informative book for the students."--Back cover

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Materials specified	Status	Notes	Date due	Barcode
Books	Ladislao N. Diwa Memorial Library Reserve Section	Non-fiction	RUS G70.3 G18 2017 (Browse shelf(Opens below))		Room use only	78097		00079044

Includes bibliographical references and index.

"The mathematical basis for geostatistics derives from cluster analysis linear discriminant analysis and non parametric statistical tests and a variety of other subjects. Applications of geostatistics rely heavily on geographic information systems, particularly for the interpolation estimate of unmeasured points. Geographers are making notable contributions to the method of quantitative techniques. Quantitative Geography is a lucid and comprehensive overview of the use of quantitative methods in spatial data analysis. It focuses on the philosophy informing spatial analysis and demonstrates the significant differences between modern quantitative methods and the methods associated with Geography’s ‘Quantitative Revolutions’. The statistical methods are employed in geography for the generating and testing hypotheses using empirical data, whereas the mathematical techniques and theorems are used for deriving models from a set of initial abstract assumptions. In other words, statistical methods are used to estimate, and test the significance of, various parameters associated with a given mathematical model such as the distance decay and gravity models. This book contains the fundamental and basic information of quantities geography and the selection of contents makes it an informative book for the students."--Back cover

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