1.2 Dr. Snow Vocab

The act of collecting raw data in its natural setting through direct observation is called ________________.

In the Cholera Simulation, what was the primary method used to gather information about the deaths in each residential building?

• Surveys

• Interviews

• Field Observation

• Remote Sensing

A fact or situation that is observed to exist or happen, especially one whose cause or explanation is in question, is known as a ________________.

In the context of a disease outbreak, which term describes the spread of cases in a geographic area?

• Concentration

• Cluster

• Diffusion

• Dispersal

The way in which something is shared out across a particular area is called its ________________.

Answer explanation

If a certain area in Deadsville has a high number of cholera-related deaths, which term best describes this high density?

• Distribution

• Outliers

• Concentration

• Spatial Pattern

If multiple deaths occurred closely together in Deadsville, this grouping is termed as a ________________.

If one wanted to describe the position of a building in Deadsville based on its proximity to another landmark, which term would they use?

• Absolute Location

• Spatial Location

• Relative Location

• Anomaly

• The arrangement of a phenomenon in physical space is known as its ________________.

Which process involves examining the locations, attributes, and relationships of features in spatial data?

• Spatial Patterns

• Spatial Relationship

• Spatial Analysis

• Spatial Recognition