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Part C - Practical Geography Chapter 1 -Data – Its Source and Compilation -Notes

Data refers to the numerical and quantitative measurements of geographic occurrences, human
activities, and their interrelationships. In other terms, datum refers to quantitative data. As a result, data
is sometimes referred to as quantitative information. Numbers from the actual world determine the
measurement.

It is easy to see that there is a large amount of data available today worldwide. However, if the data is in
its raw form, it might be difficult to draw logical inferences from it. As a result, it’s critical to guarantee
that the measured data is algorithmically produced, logically reasoned, and statistically estimated from a
variety of sources.

Statistical approaches play a vital part in practically all disciplines that employ data, including geography,
in terms of analysis, presentation, and concluding.

The data are collected in the following ways. These are: (i) Primary Sources (ii) Secondary Sources.

Primary data sources

Primary Data Sources are the records and the evidence. These types of data sources are collected for the
very first time by a particular person or group. There are some particular methods of collecting the data
including personal investigation, indirect investigation, telephonic interview, etc.

Secondary sources

Secondary Data Sources can be defined as when a particular data set is made or collected for different
purposes. The secondary data can be designated as the internal data or the external data. There are some
particular methods of collecting the data including the census process, government data, an
organization's record, etc

Data Compilation and Specific Terms

Data Compilation is a process that works statistically by collecting the data. The compilation process also
utilizes and performs different processes to create a new information structure. These structures help us
to get well-defined structural outputs.

Here are some specific terms related to the data compilation as mentioned below.

Absolute data, often known as raw data, is data provided in its native form as numbers. For example, a
country’s or state’s total population, a crop’s or manufacturing industry’s total production, and so on.

Percentage/Ratio: Data is sometimes summarised as a ratio or proportion based on common criteria,


such as literacy rate or population growth rate, percentage of agricultural or industrial output, and so on.

An index number is a statistical metric that depicts changes in a variable or a collection of related
variables through time, space, or other qualities.
Inclusive Method: The higher limit of one class is not the lower limit of the following class in this
procedure.

In the class interval, it comprises both the bottom and upper limits.

Simple Frequencies: It is denoted by the letter ‘f’ and represents the number of people who belong to
each category.

Exclusive Method: In this method, a class’s higher limit is the lower limit of the following class. The class
interval does not include an upper limit.

Cumulative Frequencies: This is denoted by the letter’ Cf, and it is calculated by summing the sums of
successive simple frequencies in each group.

Frequency Polygon: The frequency polygon is a graph showing frequency distribution. It aids in the
comparison of two or more frequency distributions. A bar diagram and a line graph are used to depict the
two frequencies.

Ogive: Cumulative frequencies are created when frequencies are put together, and they’re listed in a
table called the cumulative frequency table. An Ogive is a curve created by cumulative graphing
frequencies. It may be built using either the less than or more than technique.

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