Quantitative Skills (AQA A-Level Geography): Flashcards
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Objective
Objective
Not influenced by personal feelings or opinions
Qualitative data
Qualitative data
Non-numerical, descriptive info (interviews, photos, etc.)
Quantitative data
Quantitative data
Data that can be quantified, verified & statistically used
UK Census key data collected
UK Census key data collected
Age/gender, ethnicity, economic deprivation (200+ years)
ONS
ONS
UK's largest independent org producing official statistics
Main limitation of quantitative data
Main limitation of quantitative data
Reveals little about human experience of living in a place
Mercator size distortion (Greenland vs Africa)
Mercator size distortion (Greenland vs Africa)
Greenland looks same size, but Africa is 14x larger
Mercator projection Eurocentric bias
Mercator projection Eurocentric bias
Exaggerates Europe's size & positions it in map's centre
Counter-mapping
Counter-mapping
Grassroots: people create own maps from local knowledge
Mappamundi (c.1300)
Mappamundi (c.1300)
Religious map: world as flat disk with Jerusalem at centre