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Cartogram and Choropleth communicative effectiveness – participant test results 2015

Dataset title Cartogram and Choropleth communicative effectiveness – participant test results 2015
Dataset creators Holbrook, H W, and Cartwright, C E
Dataset theme Geo visual communication (Psychology)
Dataset abstract

These are the results obtained from an empirical test looking at the communicative effectiveness between two types of two dimensional (2D) map formats: The Choropleth map, and the Cartogram. Participants were interviewed and observed individually during the procedure. 72 volunteer participants completed the test over the period between; October 2014 – January 2015, using maps produced from iGeology, and mySoil mobile app usage data in the Greater London area of the United Kingdom. The results contain the recorded measurements of spatial accuracy, and the time taken for each participant to answers 3 test questions. A post-test qualitative reaction of each participants’ preference between the two map types is recorded, along with their gender, age, visual impediments, and self–assessed map reading ability.

Glossary

Choropleth map: a map which uses differences in shading, colouring, or the placing of symbols within predefined areas to indicate the average values of a particular quantity in those areas.

Cartogram: a type of map that proportionally distorts its regions in accordance to a given value.

Dataset content dates October 2014 – January 2015
Dataset spatial coverage NA
Dataset supply format Microsoft Excel format
Dataset language English–United Kingdom
Dataset discovery metadata record http://www.bgs.ac.uk/discoverymetadata/13607017.html
Dataset publisher British Geological Survey
Dataset publication date 1st December 2016
Dataset digital object identifier (DOI) 10.5285/3be3b51f-f8ad-45a8-86b0-8a239de11994
Dataset citation text Cartogram and Choropleth communicative effectiveness – participant test results 2015
Constraints and terms of use Open Government Licence, subject to the following acknowledgement accompanying the reproduced BGS materials: "Contains British Geological Survey materials © NERC 2016". Free for commercial, research and public use. Acknowledge the material.
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Further information http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/512343/