CHANGING PLACES Pt4 - Quantitative and Qualitative Skills

Question 1

What does meaning mean?

Answer 1

Meaning relates to the individual perception of a place

Question 2

What does media mean?

Answer 2

Means of communication including television, film, photography, art, books, newspapers, songs etc - these reach or influence people widely

Question 3

What does objective mean?

Answer 3

Not influenced by personal feelings or opinions in considering and representing facts

Question 4

What is qualitative data?

Answer 4

Information that is non-numerical and used in a relatively unstructured and open-ended way. Descriptive - interviews, focus groups, or artistic depictions e.g. photographs. Some types can be coded and then it’s up to quantitative analysis

Question 5

What is quantitative data?

Answer 5

Data that can be quantified and verified, and is amenable to statistical manipulation

Question 6

What are the 12 key sources and a bit of info about them?

Answer 6

1. Statistics
   - e.g. census data
2. Maps
   - locational services and counter-mapping (convey senses of place)
3. Biomapping
   - measure sense of place linked to emotions
4. Interviews
5. Ethnography
   - explores what people do as well as what they say (from the ‘inside’)
6. Photography
7. Textual sources
8. Music
9. Television
10. Art e.g. graffiti
11. Place and architecture
12. Digital or ‘augmented’ place