{"id":244,"date":"2018-03-04T17:45:56","date_gmt":"2018-03-05T00:45:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/nicoleleekauer\/?p=244"},"modified":"2018-05-29T06:44:52","modified_gmt":"2018-05-29T13:44:52","slug":"quantitative-data-classification","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/nicoleleekauer\/2018\/03\/04\/quantitative-data-classification\/","title":{"rendered":"Quantitative Data Classification"},"content":{"rendered":"

The purpose of this study is to show change of housing affordability in Vancouver. I conducted a study between four different classification methods for displaying Housing Affordability in Vancouver. From this analysis, I’ve learned the advantages and purpose of each method.<\/p>\n

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For natural breaks, it is classified through grouping similar values together. It is the default in GIS.<\/p>\n

For equal intervals, it is splitting the dataset into 5 equal portions. While this might be useful if there is a normal distribution of data, it wasn’t suitable for looking at housing affordability in Vancouver.<\/p>\n

For standard deviation, it shows how far each census tracts deviate from the main concentration of data. I don’t think this is appropriate for this analysis because it does not clearly communicate the price of housing to buyers.<\/p>\n

I believe the manual breaks display is most appropriate. Although I am not comparing two sets of data, this display can be tailored to the buyer’s budget.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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