Assignment 1
Anna Turner
Part I
Nominal:
Nominal data is data you can’t put
numbers to it, but can be defined primarily by names and in mostly one but
sometimes two categories. The map I choose is of the different names of all the
Native American Tribes in the state of Wisconsin. This is an example of nominal
data because it is the names of the tribes and if these were represented in
numbers you would have no idea what it was talking about because it is
something that is defined by name.
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| Map Created By: Paula Giese |
Ordinal:
Ordinal data is data sets and
numbers that are ordered and categorized in an exact or certain way. For
example the map I choose I found of Breast Cancer in White Females in the
United States. This relates to Ordinal because the map is showing that there is
less cases some places in the U.S. and more cases other places in the U.S. by a
numeric value.
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| Map Created By: Jules Patry |
Interval:
Interval data doesn’t start from an exact point
like 0 it starts from any number and goes up to any number. For example the map
I choose shows the pH levels of soils throughout the continental United States
and Canada. The pH scale doesn’t start from 0 and is a quantitative data.
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| Map Created By: Mosiac Company in 2010 |
Ratio Data:
Ratio Data shows the differences and
relationships between data and can be compared unlike nominal data that cannot
be compared. For example, the map that I choose was the population of polish
ancestry to that of the rest of the population of the states. This is an
example of ratio because it is comparing and separating the whole population
from the number that contain polish ancestry.
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| Map Created By: Ancestory.com 1990 |
Part II
From the Data collected I think we should increase the number of Organic Farms in Green County. We should also use the Natural Breaks Map (Image 1) to represent Green County. This map represents how Green County gas far fewer organic farms than that of all of its surrounding counties, and that should draw in good marketing because if the surrounding areas can support such farms than so can Green. Green County is also in a historically successful area for farming, and would suggest a higher chance of the county being able to withstand more farms.
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| Image 1: Natural Breaks |
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| Image 2: Quantile Breaks |
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| Image 3: Equal Intervals |
