Introduction: The Scientific Method

• Wolfs, F. (accessed 7/15/02) Appendix E: Introduction to the Scientific Method (required reading!)
• Schafersman, S.D. (1994) An Introduction to Science: Scientific Thinking and the Scientific Method

Geographic Data: Scales of Measurement

• Trochim, W.M.K.(2005) Levels of Measurement (required reading!)
• Becker, L.A. (1999) Scales of Measurement (required reading!)
• Dept. of Statistics, Simon Fraser University (2000) Descriptive Statistics - Scales of Measurement (multiple choice test)
• University of Wollongong (accessed 1/24/06) Scales of Measurement, in: Statistical Literacy, Chapter 2, Section 3. (information and multiple choice test)
• Author Unknown (accessed 2/6/03) Scales of Measurement

Measurement Quality: Random and Systematic Errors

• Author Unknown (accessed 2/7/03) Random Error and Systematic Error (required reading!)
• Craven, T. (2000) Noise and Bias

Histograms & Choropleth Maps

• ESRI (1996; accessed 1/24/06) ArcView Classification Methods (required reading!)
• University of Wollongong (accessed 1/24/06) Data Displays, in: Statistical Literacy, Chapter 3. (click on "next" to get some guidelines on creating well-designed tables and graphs)

Exercise 8

• Great Mobile Homes of Alabama (required reading!)

Descriptive Statistics for Spatial Data

• 2000 U.S. Population Centered in Phelps County, Mo. U.S. Census Bureau.
• Position of the Geographic Center of Area, Mean and Median Centers of Population 2000. U.S. Census Bureau.
• Mean Center of Population for the United States: 1790 to 2000. U.S. Census Bureau.