Research Methods in Geography

Informationen zum Autor Basil Gomez is an Editor-in-Chief of the online journal Geography Compass . He has published widely across a number of journals. John Paul Jones III is Professor of Geography and Director of the School of Geography and Development at the University of Arizona in Tucson. He was the co-founder and co-director of the Committee on Social Theory at the University of Kentucky, where he taught from 1986 to 2003. He is co-editor of the journal Dialogues in Human Geography . Klappentext This comprehensive text introduces the research methodologies found in both human and physical geography. Careful attention is given to the theories that underlie different types of research, to key issues in research methodology, to the collection of different types of data, and to a range of contemporary geographic techniques, both quantitative and qualitative. This indispensable volume starts with a broad-based grounding in the conceptual frameworks lying behind data acquisition and analysis. Foundational chapters - co-authored by human and physical geographers - also provide multiple perspectives on central questions in research methodology, while a series of central essays relating to methods and techniques focus on ways that students, as young researchers, can conceptualize objects of analysis, collect and analyze pertinent data, and interpret the results of their work. Key terminology and exercises are also included throughout. Unique in both content and organization, Research Methods in Geography provides students with a solid conceptual and practical foundation in the basic principles and methodologies utilized in geography today. Zusammenfassung This comprehensive textbook offers a conceptual and practical introduction to research methodology! data collection! and techniques used in both human and physical geography. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Figures viii List of Tables xi List of Boxes xiii List of Exercises xv Notes on Contributors xvii Acknowledgments xx 1 Introduction 1 John Paul Jones III and Basil Gomez Part I Theory and Methodology 7 2 Theorizing Our World 9 Ian Graham Ronald Shaw, Deborah P. Dixon, and John Paul Jones III 3 Observing Our World 26 Bruce L. Rhoads and David Wilson 4 Measurement and Interpretation 41 Sent Visser and John Paul Jones III 5 Operational Decisions 60 Andrew Herod and Kathleen C. Parker 6 Sampling Our World 77 Ryan R. Jensen and J. Matthew Shumway Part II Collecting Data 91 7 Physical Landscapes 93 Michael J. Crozier, Ulrike Hardenbicker, and Basil Gomez 8 Climates 116 Julie A. Winkler 9 Vegetation 137 Thomas W. Gillespie and Glen M. MacDonald 10 Remote Sensing 155 Douglas A. Stow 11 Secondary Data 173 Kevin St Martin and Marianna Pavlovskaya 12 Social Surveys, Interviews, and Focus Groups 194 Anna J. Secor 13 Ethnography and Participant Observation 206 Debbie Allsop, Hannah Allen, Helen Clare, Ian Cook, Hayley Raxter, Christina Upton, and Alice Williams 14 Cultural Landscapes 222 Richard H. Schein 15 Human-Environment Field Study 241 Paul F. Robbins Part III Representing and Analyzing 257 16 Maps and Diagrams 259 Stephen P. Hanna 17 Descriptive Statistics 279 Sent Visser and John Paul Jones III 18 Explanatory Statistics 297 Sent Visser and John Paul Jones III 19 Mathematical Analysis 315 Sandra Lach Arlinghaus 20 Regional Analysis 335 Gordon F. Mulligan 21 Modeling 354 Yvonne Martin and Stefania Bertazzon 22...

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Basil Gomez is an Editor-in-Chief of the online journal Geography Compass. He has published widely across a number of journals. John Paul Jones III is Professor of Geography and Director of the School of Geography and Development at the University of Arizona in Tucson. He was the co-founder and co-director of the Committee on Social Theory at the University of Kentucky, where he taught from 1986 to 2003. He is co-editor of the journal Dialogues in Human Geography.

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This comprehensive text introduces the research methodologies found in both human and physical geography. Careful attention is given to the theories that underlie different types of research, to key issues in research methodology, to the collection of different types of data, and to a range of contemporary geographic techniques, both quantitative and qualitative. This indispensable volume starts with a broad-based grounding in the conceptual frameworks lying behind data acquisition and analysis. Foundational chapters - co-authored by human and physical geographers - also provide multiple perspectives on central questions in research methodology, while a series of central essays relating to methods and techniques focus on ways that students, as young researchers, can conceptualize objects of analysis, collect and analyze pertinent data, and interpret the results of their work. Key terminology and exercises are also included throughout.

Unique in both content and organization, Research Methods in Geography provides students with a solid conceptual and practical foundation in the basic principles and methodologies utilized in geography today.

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This comprehensive textbook offers a conceptual and practical introduction to research methodology, data collection, and techniques used in both human and physical geography.

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List of Figures viii

List of Tables xi

List of Boxes xiii

List of Exercises xv

Notes on Contributors xvii

Acknowledgments xx

1 Introduction 1
John Paul Jones III and Basil Gomez

Part I Theory and Methodology 7

2 Theorizing Our World 9
Ian Graham Ronald Shaw, Deborah P. Dixon, and John Paul Jones III

3 Observing Our World 26
Bruce L. Rhoads and David Wilson

4 Measurement and Interpretation 41
Sent Visser and John Paul Jones III

5 Operational Decisions 60
Andrew Herod and Kathleen C. Parker

6 Sampling Our World 77
Ryan R. Jensen and J. Matthew Shumway

Part II Collecting Data 91

7 Physical Landscapes 93
Michael J. Crozier, Ulrike Hardenbicker, and Basil Gomez

8 Climates 116
Julie A. Winkler

9 Vegetation 137
Thomas W. Gillespie and Glen M. MacDonald

10 Remote Sensing 155
Douglas A. Stow

11 Secondary Data 173
Kevin St Martin and Marianna Pavlovskaya

12 Social Surveys, Interviews, and Focus Groups 194
Anna J. Secor

13 Ethnography and Participant Observation 206
Debbie Allsop, Hannah Allen, Helen Clare, Ian Cook, Hayley Raxter, Christina Upton, and Alice Williams

14 Cultural Landscapes 222
Richard H. Schein

15 Human-Environment Field Study 241
Paul F. Robbins

Part III Representing and Analyzing 257

16 Maps and Diagrams 259
Stephen P. Hanna

17 Descriptive Statistics 279
Sent Visser and John Paul Jones III

18 Explanatory Statistics 297
Sent Visser and John Paul Jones III

19 Mathematical Analysis 315
Sandra Lach Arlinghaus

20 Regional Analysis 335
Gordon F. Mulligan

21 Modeling 354
Yvonne Martin and Stefania Bertazzon

22 Geographic Information Systems 376
Michael F. Goodchild

23 Analyzing Meaning 392
Deborah P. Dixon

Part IV Obligations 409

24 The Politics and Ethics of Research 411
David M. Smith

25 Writing It Up 424
Dydia DeLyser

Glossary 437

Index 451