QUESTION 41 A type of data that establishes naming conventions and does not rank

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QUESTION 41

A type of data that establishes naming conventions and does not rank data.

nominal

ordinal

interval

ratio

QUESTION 42

Data that includes categories that have been ranked in terms of importance.

nominal

interval

ordinal

ratio

QUESTION 43

Data that includes a non-arbitrary zero point; zero indicates the absence of the data being measured. One of the most common types of data in GIS work.

nominal

interval

ordinal

ratio

QUESTION 44

Image rasters include:

aerial photography

satellite data

map of sweet corn production

A and B are correct

QUESTION 45

Situation: you are mapping both Ramsey County (St. Paul) and St. Louis County (Duluth) in Minnesota. While you notice important cities in both counties, there is a stark difference in population. You are surprised to learn that an initial mapping effort in GIS places both these counties in the same map class. To bypass this issue and more accurately represent the counties, you would use this routine.

resampling

normalization

choropleth checking

line weight distribution

nominal

ordinal

interval

ratio

Explanation / Answer

41) A --nominal data

The nominal type differentiates between items or subjects based only on their names or (meta-)categories and other qualitative classifications they belong to

42) C - ordinal data

With ordinal scales, it is the order of the values is what’s important and significant,

43) D - ratio scale

A ratio scale is anchored by a zero point that is not arbitrary but rather is a meaningful value representing none (a complete absence) of the variable being measured.

44) D -- Aerial photography and satellite image

image raster include these both .

45) C -- chloropeth checking

A choropleth map is a thematic map in which areas are shaded or patterned in proportion to the measurement of the statistical variable being displayed on the map, such as population density or per-capita income.

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