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Key methods in geography / edited by Nicholas Clifford, Meghan Cope & Thomas Gillespie.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Los Angeles : SAGE, 2023Edition: Fourth editionDescription: xxii, 756 pages : illustrations ; 26 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781529772081 (hbk)
  • 9781529772098
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 910.72 KEY 23 022827
LOC classification:
  • G74 .K429 2023
Contents:
Getting started in geographical research: how this book can help / Nick Clifford, Shaun French and Gill Valentine How to conduct a literature serch / Mick Healey and Ruth L. Healey -- Ethical practice in geographical research / Iain Hay Health and safety in the field / Joanna Bullard Making use of secondary data Paul White Conducting questionnaire surveys Sara L. McLafferty Finding historical sources Miles Ogborn Semi-structured interviews and focus groups Robyn Longhurst Participant observation Eric Laurier Geography and theinterpretation of visual imagery Rob Bartram Participatory research methods Myrna M. Breitbart Working in different cultures / Fiona M. Smith Internet mediated research / Clare Madge Diaries as a research method / Alan Latham Getting information about the past: palaeo and historical data sources of climate / Catherine Souch Making observations and measurements in the field / Alice Turkington Sampling in geography / Stephen Rice Analysing a natural system / Ellen Wohl Numerical modelling in physical geography: understanding explanation and prediction in physical geography / Stuart N. Lane Using remotely sensed imagery / Paul Aplin Data handling and representation / Richard Field Mapping and graphicacy / Chris Perkins Using statistics to describe and explore data / Danny Dorling An introduction to geostatistics / Adrian Chappell Using geographical information systems / Michael Batty Statistical analysis using PASW (formerly SPSS) / John H. McKendrick Coding transripts and diaries / Meghan Cope Computer assisted qualitative data analysis / Bettina van Hoven Analysing historical and archival sources / Iain S. Black Analysing cultural texts / Marcus A. Doel Writing essays, reports and dissertations / Michael Bradford Understanding assessment / Robin A. Kearns.
Summary: "An introductory companion, providing an overview of qualitative and quantitative methods for human and physical geography. It contains key features such as real-life case studies, summaries and exercised for each chapter"--
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Getting started in geographical research: how this book can help / Nick Clifford, Shaun French and Gill Valentine How to conduct a literature serch / Mick Healey and Ruth L. Healey -- Ethical practice in geographical research / Iain Hay Health and safety in the field / Joanna Bullard Making use of secondary data Paul White Conducting questionnaire surveys Sara L. McLafferty Finding historical sources Miles Ogborn Semi-structured interviews and focus groups Robyn Longhurst Participant observation Eric Laurier Geography and theinterpretation of visual imagery Rob Bartram Participatory research methods Myrna M. Breitbart Working in different cultures / Fiona M. Smith Internet mediated research / Clare Madge Diaries as a research method / Alan Latham Getting information about the past: palaeo and historical data sources of climate / Catherine Souch Making observations and measurements in the field / Alice Turkington Sampling in geography / Stephen Rice Analysing a natural system / Ellen Wohl Numerical modelling in physical geography: understanding explanation and prediction in physical geography / Stuart N. Lane Using remotely sensed imagery / Paul Aplin Data handling and representation / Richard Field Mapping and graphicacy / Chris Perkins Using statistics to describe and explore data / Danny Dorling An introduction to geostatistics / Adrian Chappell Using geographical information systems / Michael Batty Statistical analysis using PASW (formerly SPSS) / John H. McKendrick Coding transripts and diaries / Meghan Cope Computer assisted qualitative data analysis / Bettina van Hoven Analysing historical and archival sources / Iain S. Black Analysing cultural texts / Marcus A. Doel Writing essays, reports and dissertations / Michael Bradford Understanding assessment / Robin A. Kearns.

"An introductory companion, providing an overview of qualitative and quantitative methods for human and physical geography. It contains key features such as real-life case studies, summaries and exercised for each chapter"--

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