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
Basil Gomez is an Editor-in-Chief of the online journal Geography Compass. He has published widely across a numberof journals. John Paul Jones III is Professor of Geography andDirector of the School of Geography and Development at theUniversity of Arizona in Tucson. He was the co-founder andco-director of the Committee on Social Theory at the University ofKentucky, where he taught from 1986 to 2003. He is co-editor of thejournal Dialogues in Human Geography.
"On the other hand, as a desk reference for graduate students or even many faculty, such inconsistencies are less important - and in that capacity, Research Methods in Geography is a good and accessible resource for current practice in the discipline." (International Planning Studies, 2011)
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