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4 - Collecting Environmental Data

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Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 April 2021

Tara Ivanochko
Tara Ivanochko
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University of British Columbia, Vancouver
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Summary

The natural (or physical) sciences usually work with quantitative data to gain insight. The social sciences commonly use qualitative data, particularly about questions relating to human behaviour. Environmental science is interdisciplinary and sometimes bridges these two approaches. Depending on your research question, you might want to use both quantitative and qualitative data. The main focus of this book is on quantitative data.

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Think, Do, and Communicate Environmental Science , pp. 49 - 60
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2021

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Keeling, C. D. (1960). The concentration and isotopic abundance of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. Tellus 12 (2): 200–203.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Keeling, C. D. (1998). Rewards and penalties of monitoring the Earth. Annu. Rev. Energ. Environ., 23: 25–82.CrossRefGoogle Scholar

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  • Collecting Environmental Data
  • Tara Ivanochko, University of British Columbia, Vancouver
  • Book: Think, Do, and Communicate Environmental Science
  • Online publication: 23 April 2021
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108526104.006
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  • Tara Ivanochko, University of British Columbia, Vancouver
  • Book: Think, Do, and Communicate Environmental Science
  • Online publication: 23 April 2021
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108526104.006
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  • Collecting Environmental Data
  • Tara Ivanochko, University of British Columbia, Vancouver
  • Book: Think, Do, and Communicate Environmental Science
  • Online publication: 23 April 2021
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108526104.006
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