Research Methods in Geography

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.

"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)

• List of Figures viiiList of Tables xiList of Boxes xiiiList of Exercises xvNotes on Contributors xviiAcknowledgments xx1 Introduction 1John Paul Jones III and Basil GomezPart I Theory and Methodology 72 Theorizing Our World 9Ian Graham Ronald Shaw, Deborah P. Dixon, and John Paul Jones iii3 Observing Our World 26Bruce L. Rhoads and David Wilson4 Measurement and Interpretation 41Sent Visser and John Paul Jones iii5 Operational Decisions 60Andrew Herod and Kathleen C. Parker6 Sampling Our World 77Ryan R. Jensen and J. Matthew ShumwayPart II Collecting Data 917 Physical Landscapes 93Michael J. Crozier, Ulrike Hardenbicker, and Basil Gomez8 Climates 116Julie A. Winkler9 Vegetation 137Thomas W. Gillespie and Glen M. MacDonald10 Remote Sensing 155Douglas A. Stow11 Secondary Data 173Kevin St Martin and Marianna Pavlovskaya12 Social Surveys, Interviews, and Focus Groups 194Anna J. Secor13 Ethnography and Participant Observation 206Debbie Allsop, Hannah Allen, Helen Clare, Ian Cook, Hayley Raxter, Christina Upton, and Alice Williams14 Cultural Landscapes 222Richard H. Schein15 Human-Environment Field Study 241Paul F. RobbinsPart III Representing and Analyzing 25716 Maps and Diagrams 259Stephen P. Hanna17 Descriptive Statistics 279Sent Visser and John Paul Jones iii18 Explanatory Statistics 297Sent Visser and John Paul Jones iii19 Mathematical Analysis 315Sandra Lach Arlinghaus20 Regional Analysis 335Gordon F. Mulligan21 Modeling 354Yvonne Martin and Stefania Bertazzon22 Geographic Information Systems 376Michael F. Goodchild23 Analyzing Meaning 392Deborah P. DixonPart IV Obligations 40924 The Politics and Ethics of Research 411David M. Smith25 Writing It Up 424Dydia DeLyserGlossary 437Index 451