Quantitative Geography

Paper Code: 
GEO - 222
Credits: 
5
Contact Hours: 
75.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 

 To provide geography a sound philosophical and theoretical base, and to make its methodology objective and scientific.

15.00
Unit I: 
Introduction
  • Quantification in Geography : Types of spatial data (point, line and area) and levels of their measurement (nominal, ordinal, interval and ratio),
  • Collection of data, Census and sample investigation, Editing of collected data, Tabulation
  • Probability: Theory of probability - law of addition and multiplication. Sampling frame and procedures, Standard error.
  • Sampling designs (with special reference to spatial data). concept and types, Sample units and design
15.00
Unit II: 
Frequency distribution
  • Frequency distributions, Measures of central tendency - Mean, Median, Mode, mean centre, median point
  • Point of minimum aggregate travel distance, and population potential
15.00
Unit III: 
Measures of dispersion
  • Measures of dispersion : Range, quartile deviation, mean deviation, standard deviation and variance; coefficient of variability and Lorenz Curve
  •  Index of spatial dispersion, median distance, standard distance
  • Nearest neighbor analysis
15.00
Unit IV: 
Correlation and Regression
  • Correlation and Regression : Scatter diagram, correlation by Spearman’s Rank Difference and Karl
  • Pearson’s Product Moment Methods
15.00
Unit V: 
Regression analysis
  • Regression analysis, construction of regression line; Coefficient of
  • Areal correspondence. Least square method, Chi-square test. Models – Gravity, Potential etc.
  • Diagrammatic and Graphical representation of data
Essential Readings: 
  • Elhance, D.N., Fundamentals of Statistics, Kitab Mehal, Allahabad, 1972.
  • Peter, J. Taylor, Quantitative Methods in Geography, Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, 1977.
  • Robert Hammond and Patrik McCullagh, Quantitative Methods in Geography, Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1974.
  • Gupta, C.B., An Introduction to Statistical Methods, Ram Prasad and Sons, Agra, 1971.
  • Peter Haggett, Andrew D. Cliff and Allan Frey, Locational Models, Vols. I and II, Arnold Heinemann, New Delhi, 1977.
Academic Year: 
2019-2020