Lab Assignment Questions

You can submit your answers to this Lab Quiz questions on via the corresponding Canvas Quiz. Questions in this document are hyperlinked to relevant content incase you need help finding answers. Feel free to work with peers in the lab, but make sure all work submitted is your own. Written answers can be brief and bullet point format is okay unless otherwise specified.

Rubric

Written answers and figure submissions will be evaluated using the rubric below and your TA will provide brief comments where applicable. Maps, charts, and other figure submissions will be evaluated for completeness and aesthetics. For Lab 1, as long as you can make a map with the necessary elements, you’ll get full credit! As the term progresses, figure submissions will be evaluated to a higher standard.

Table 1: Lab Quiz Rubric
Category Written Answers Figure Submissions Score
Missing 0%
Insufficient Missing major key points or serious logical flaws Serious errors in analysis, missing data, or major stylistic issues 25%
Below Expectations Missing a few key points or minor logical flaws Minor errors in analysis or multiple stylistic issues 50%
Meets Expectations Hits key points and mostly well constructed Error free analysis, minor stylistic issue 75%
Exceeds Expectations Clearly thought out, concise, and astute Error free analysis and clean, aesthetically pleasing map 100%

Quiz Questions

Unless otherwise specified, numeric answers have a margin of error of 0.01, so give all responses to at least the hundredths place.

  1. Which projection did we choose for the BC_Census_Data feature dataset and why? Why can’t we just work with the simply analytics data as is? Hint

  2. We used the clip tool to ensure we don’t ____ population density in the coastal Subdivisions. Hint

  • Overestimate
  • Underestimate
  • Correctly Calculate
  1. What was the reasoning behind Stats Canada updating from the old Rural/Urban to the Population Centre and Rural Area classification method? Hint
  • The old classification was treating small towns the same a large metro areas
  • Population Center sounds better than Urban Area
  • They didn’t change the classification

  1. The Select by ____ tool lets us use SQL (Structured Query Language) to define expressions for querying vector data. Hint

  2. What measurement scale would population density attribute be on? Hint Hint-2

  • Nominal
  • Ordinal
  • Interval (Discrete)
  • Interval (Continuous)
  • Ratio (Discrete)
  • Ratio (Continuous)
  1. What best describes the Population Center and Rural Area Classification attribute we created? Hint
  • Quantitative data
  • Qualitative data
  • both
  • neither

  1. Box plots are most useful for looking at frequency distributions. [T/F] Hint

  2. In which Population Centre and Rural Area class does the the largest proportion of BC’s population live? Hint

  • Large Urban Population Centre
  • Rural
  • Small Population Centre
  • Medium Population Centre

  1. What percent of BC’s overall population lives in Rural Areas? Round your answer to the nearest percent. Hint Sum the four classes to get the total population. Hint

  2. What is the median value for the percentage of income that people in Rural areas spend on food? Round to the nearest tenth percent. Hint

  3. How does classifying the data help us reveal patterns compared to what we see in the scatter plot? Does the r2 score indicate a relationship in the scatter plot? What conclusions can you draw about the proportion of income spent on food by people in different regions from looking at the box plot? Hint

  4. Submit your Bar Chart. Hint

  5. Submit your Box plot. Hint