AM1-1 - Academic foundations

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Author and Citation Info: 

DiBiase, D., DeMers, M., Johnson, A., Kemp, K., Luck, A. T., Plewe, B., and Wentz, E. (2006). Academic foundations. The Geographic Information Science & Technology Body of Knowledge. Washington, DC: Association of American Geographers. (2nd Quarter 2016, first digital).

Learning Objectives: 
  • Differentiate between exploratory and confirmatory geospatial data analysis
  • Explain the origins of the term “Quantitative Revolution” in geography and other disciplines
  • Contrast the analytical approaches taken in various academic disciplines in which geospatial analysis has evolved
  • Explain how the “Quantitative Revolution” was important in the development of GIS&T
  • Differentiate geospatial data analysis from non-spatial data analysis