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. List the risk classification score for each of the shelters. If the shelter did not have a risk classification, you can list it as “N/A” Hint

Echo Community Centre: AW Neil Elementary: 5100 Tebo Ave:

  1. Submit a .pdf of the model you created to identify the inundation zone. Hint

  2. Submit a .pdf of the map you created to showing the updated inundation zone and shelter locations. Hint

  3. Write a paragraph or two comparing the method used in Module 5 (previous method) model to identify the Inundation Zone vs. the method used in this Module 6 (this assignment) to identify the Inundation Zone. Things to consider: What tools/steps were used in each model? Which do you think produces a more useful result? What are some potential pros/cons of the different methods? Hint

  4. Read the highlighted portions of Chae et al. (2015) on racism and health outcomes. Then use this information to a couple paragraphs outlining what they found, how the type of data they used can be a useful alternative for traditional metrics, and what are some potential limitations to this type of research.