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Richard Harris, PhD, Professor of Quantitative Social Geography in the School Geographical Sciences and director of Q-Step Centre at the University of Bristol, discusses his use of spatial analysis to study ethnic segregation in English schools, including development of the research question, ethical considerations when using data from children, size of the data set, tools and techniques to manage and analyze the data, challenges and findings of his research, and advice for those wanting to work with government data.
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Chapter 1: How did You Become Interested in Social Geography?
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Chapter 2: Tell Us About Your Research on Ethnic Segregation in English Schools
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Chapter 3: How did You Develop Your Research Question?
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Chapter 4: What Ethical Considerations are There When Dealing with Data Relating to Children?
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Chapter 5: How Large is the Volume of Data and How do You Manage It All?
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Chapter 6: Did You Have to do Anything to Your Data Before It was Ready to Analyze?
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Chapter 7: Do You Use Any Particular Tools to Manage Your Data?
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Chapter 8: How Did You Go About Analyzing Your Data?
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Chapter 9: What Advice Would You Give to Someone Looking to do Analysis Using r?
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Chapter 10: What are the Findings of Your Research?
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Chapter 11: What Challenges Have You Faced During This Research?
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Chapter 12: What Considerations are There for Students Wanting to Work with Government Data?
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