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ERIC Number: EJ569354
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1998
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ISSN: ISSN-0022-1341
Applying Descriptive Statistics to Teaching the Regional Classification of Climate.
Lindquist, Peter S.; Hammel, Daniel J.
Journal of Geography, v97 n2 p72-82 Mar-Apr 1998
Describes an exercise for college and high school students that relates descriptive statistics to the regional climatic classification. The exercise introduces students to simple calculations of central tendency and dispersion, the construction and interpretation of scatterplots, and the definition of climatic regions. Forces students to engage ambiguities of geographical classification. (DSK)
Descriptors: Cartography, Climate, College Instruction, Data, Educational Innovation, Educational Research, Geography, Geography Instruction, Graphs, High Schools, Higher Education, Map Skills, Social Studies, Statistical Analysis, Statistics
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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