Thematic atlas topics. The regional atlas is an important educational resource that is updated on a periodic basis. One of the most critical aspects of a new atlas design is its thematic content. In a survey of atlas users (Journal of Geography, May/June 1995), a large sample of high school teachers in British Columbia ranked 12 thematic atlas topics for usefulness. The consensus rankings of the teachers (based on the percentage of teachers who responded that they “would definitely use” the topic) are given in the accompanying table. These teacher rankings were compared with the rankings a group of university geography alumni made three years earlier. Compare the distributions of theme rankings for the two groups with an appropriate nonparametric test. Use α = .05. Interpret the results practically.
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Theme | Rankings | |
High School Teachers | Geography Alumni | |
Tourism | 10 | 2 |
Physical | 2 | 1 |
Transportation | 7 | 3 |
People | 1 | 6 |
History | 2 | 5 |
Climate | 6 | 4 |
Forestry | 5 | 8 |
Agriculture | 7 | 10 |
Fishing | 9 | 7 |
Energy | 2 | 8 |
Mining | 10 | 11 |
Manufacturing | 12 | 12 |
Source: Keller, C. P., el al. “Planning the next generation of regional atlases: Input from educators,” Journal of Geography, Vol. 94, No. 3, May/June 1995, p. 413 (Table 1).
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