Independent Reproduction Of Lab Gerrymandering: Maps And Political Representation
In the fall of 2021, Niwaeli Kimambo, Assistant Professor of Geography at Middlebury College, taught Human Geography with GIS, an introductory level vector G...
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2023
Threats To Validity In Gerrymandering Lab Reproduction
Before attempting a replication of Gerrymandering: Maps and political representation, a lab used in Human Geography with GIS, an introductory vector GIS cour...
Kang 2020 Reproduction
In 2020, Jeon-Young Kang et al measured hospital accessibility as a function of population (COVID-19 cases; at risk population) serviced by a hospital (based...
Revisions To Spielman 2020 Reproduction
In 2003, Cutter et. al published a social vulnerability index for the United States at the county level. In 2020, Spielman et al. successfully reproduced Cut...
Application Of Multi Criteria Models
Multicriteria models are interesting to me because they intuitively feel as though they have more explanatory power than single critereon models. When models...
Revisions To Malcomb 2014 Reproduction
In 2014, Malcomb et. al. published a climate vulnerability model of Malawi integrating socioeconomic and physical risk factors. In 2023, Joe Holler et. al. ...
Provenance Error Uncertainty
As children, we may be taught that maps tell truths. As geographers, we are taught that maps lie. Just like any other model, maps simplify the world around u...
Chakraborty 2021_reproduction_contribution
Contributing to an existing reproduction of Chakraborty’s study of COVID-19 risk and disability.
Revisions To_replication Study Of Covid19 And Disability
**Re-analysis plan for Holler, et. al: “Reproduction of Chakraborty 2021: An intracategorical analysis of COVID-19 and people with disabilities” ** By Grace ...
Reproducible Gis Science
The development of GIS software in an open source environment and the practice of using GIS to conduct open source science both have the potential to address...
Is GIS a Science? Reflecting on Discourse
During my time at Middlebury, the singular nature of GIS and its place in a quantitative, positivist understanding of geography have both drawn and repelled ...