Unit 2
Sources of Relevant Data
Environmental Research 401 DDE 2004
GEOG 401, 1-5 Credit
Instructor: Dr. M. Mustoe, Eastern Oregon University
This syllabus can be found at: http://www.eou.edu/~mmustoe/sgeog410.html
INSTRUCTOR CONTACT: My office is Zabel 203 GIS Lab. E-MAIL me at on internet at: mmustoe@eou.edu.
(EOU ACCOUNTS ONLY)
Telephone 541- WOodland-2 3502. Office Hours: 2:30- 4 PM Pacific Time, or by appointment.
Tap here for Geography In The EAO Catalog. In Class: EXAM SCHEDULES


Overview

YOUR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH REPORT
Proposals Due This Week.
The format for your proposal is as follows.

Your initial proposal should be in the instructors office no later than 17 April.



(hand/mail these in using the GAP).

UNIT 2 READINGS
4. Acquisitions of Relevant Data
5. Data Generation by Survey Research


UNIT TWO ESSAY QUESTIONS

1. Conduct a library search using the EOU LIBRARY. Collect one formal (preferably on-line full text) research paper from each of the following broad area categories: (NOTE: THESE ARE NOT TITLES)

GIS Use in Geography Education
Impact of Drought on Range land in Oregon
Temporary Buildings
Pear Production in Ashland Oregon
Soil liquefaction at Loma Prieta Earthquake
The use of GPS in geography education
Agricultural application of remote sensing
The impact of mites on US apiaries
Transhumance in North America
Shortwave Radio and Geography

If you cannot collect (print out) the entire article, at lease copy the abstract.
Supply the following regarding each of your finds:
1. Complete citation of the article
2. Database source for the article
3. Abstract of the article, (transcribed in your words)

Here are some EBSCO based professional journal titles to get you started:
Annals of the Association of American Geographers
Journal of Geography
Geographical Review

Of course you are not limited to searches within the above titles. Check to see what is out there. You might try other search utilities. Check the internet or do a First Search, to wee what you might find.

2. Discuss the field techniques and technologies used in the documentation of "tipi rings" by Michael L Umphrey. You can find the discussion here.
How does this site incorporate a review of literature in the documentation of this field experience.
3. According to the text sample size is determined by the confidence level and acceptable error of a result rather than a universe of Ns. So, what does this mean given Table 5.1 on page 67. In other words at an acceptable range of error of 3% at a confidence level of 99% what does the figure 1,843 mean (literally) with respect to the universal body of the population?
4. Define each of the following and give examples of when each of these Stratified Sampling techniques might be used: Proportionate, Disproportionate.

5. Choose from one of the following studies from Hanford, found below. Present a brief abstract of the study (what is being surveyed) and describe the sampling procedures. Include a discussion on the qualitative limitations to the samples and types of samples that were used in the study.
Food and Farm Products,
Fish and Wildlife,

Soil and Vegetation,

Radar,
Surface Water,

END OF ASSIGNMENT.