AM-01 - Academic foundations

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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