University of Madras - Syllabus of Bachelor of Science (BSc) Geography - Semester I - Paper II - Representation of Climatic and Economic Data
UNIVERSITY OF MADRAS
B.Sc. DEGREE COURSE IN GEOGRAPHY
SEMESTER SYSTEM WITH CREDITS
(Effective from the Academic Year 2003-2004)
Semester I - Paper II - Representation of Climatic and Economic Data
Duration: 3 hrs
Maximum Marks: 100
Credits: 4
(90 hrs)
PracticaL II - Representation of Climatic and Economic Data
Unit I
Diagrammatic representation of climatic data - climatic diagrams - Hythergraph
- Climograph - Ergograph - Wind Roses
Unit II
Study of Weather reports and Weather map Interpretation
Unit III
Representation of economic and population data - line graph - bar diagram - pie diagram - spheres - block piles.
Unit IV
Located diagrams - bars - climatic graphs - dot maps and pie maps - Isopleth, Choropleth - Stendigeer and
Stilgenbauer, Pryamidal and pictorial diagrams
Unit V
Quantitative methods - histogram - frequency polygon, frequency curve - scatter diagram - mean, median and mode -
standard deviation - correlation: Pearson's Prdouct Moment Correlation - Rank Correlation.
Reference
1. Monkhouse, F.J. Maps and Diagrams. Mutheun & Co., Ltd., London, 1984
2. Hugh Mathew & Ian Foster, Geographical Data: Sources. Presentation, Oxford University Press, Oxford, 1989
3. Mecullah, Quantitative Techniques in Geography
4. Rahunathan Singh, Practical Geography
5. Singh, R.L. & Dutt, Practical Geography