Geography 2210A/B Lecture 2: 2210lec2
21 Jan 2020
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Validity and reliability: center of the target, surrounding the center. Pure research developing n testing theories and hypotheses that are intellectually challenging to researcher, but may not have practical application. First law of geography "everything related to everything else, but near things more related than distant things. Applied research- involve using basic knowledge to generate further knowledge to address a problem. Policy development, decision making agricultural crop production; disease treatment; energy efficiency of building. Necessitated by problems that result from contemporary issues. Descriptive: describe a problem, situation / phenomena; one item or variable of interest. Correlationial: establish relationship / association; two variables(relationship?) Explanatory: why/how there"s a relationship; two / + variables. Exploratory: explore areas of limited knowledge or test new method. Do the increase in paid parking spots decrees the use of go train. Hypothesis: + in paid parking spots will - # of ppl use go train.
