Rethinking Levels of Measurement for Cartography
Rethinking Levels of Measurement for Cartography
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Taylor & Francis Group
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Stevens' measurement levels (nominal, ordinal, interval and ratio) have become a familiar part of cartography and GIS. These levels have been accepted unquestioned from publications in social sciences dating from the 1940s and 1950s. The Stevens taxonomy has been used to prescribe appropriate symbolism (or analytical treatment) to each scale of mea...
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Rethinking Levels of Measurement for Cartography
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TN_cdi_gale_infotracgeneralonefile_A53947026
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_gale_infotracgeneralonefile_A53947026
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1050-9844
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2330-9172
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10.1559/152304098782383043
