目次:
- Introduction : a scientific approach to geography and environmental studies
- Fundamental research concepts
- Scientific communication
- Data collection in geography and environmental studies : overview
- Physical measurements
- Behavioral observations and archives
- Explicit reports : surveys, interviews, and tests
- Experimental and nonexperimental research designs
- Sampling
- Statistical data analysis
- Data display : tables, graphs, maps, visualizations
- Reliability and validity
- Information technologies in research
- Ethics in scientific research.