Map Scale Chapter 2 Map Scale You have read in Chapter 1 that the scale is an essential element of all types of maps. It is so important that if a network of lines and polygons does not carry a scale‚ we call it a “sketch”. Why is the scale so important ? What does it mean ? What are the different methods of showing the scale on a map? How useful is the scale in measuring the distances and the area? These are some of the questions which will be taken up in the present chapter. Glossary Denominator:
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INDUSTRIES LARGE-SCALE AND SMALL-SCALE The following pages describe the industrial life and activity of the district. The chapter is divided into three sections: (1) Large-Scale Industries‚ (2) Small-Scale Industries and (3) Labour Organization. It is‚ however‚ to be noted that the statistics given in the section on large-scale industries which include employment and such other aspects as capital investment‚ production etc. are included‚ are not in respect of the industry as a whole but pertain
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THE LAWS OF RETURN TO SCALE The laws of return to scale explain the behavior of output in response to a proportional and simultaneous change in input. Increase in inputs proportionately and simultaneously is in fact expansion of the scale of production. Statement: “As a firm in the long run increases the quantities of all factors employed‚ other things being equal‚ the output may rise initially at a more rapid rate than the rise of increase in inputs‚ then output may increase in the same proportion
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Large Scale Universe to Milky Way SCI/151 07/07/12 Cosmology‚ as defined by Encarta Dictionary is “the philosophical study of the nature of the universe.” This concern with viewing the universe and its vast issues and meaning takes the mind into a mysterious spectrum. The very foundation of Cosmology began with Astronomer Edwin Hubble in 1929. He discovered that other galaxies existed in the universe and determined that these galaxies were moving away from each other at a rate that was constant
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The Stanford Prison Experiment was a very unique and brutal experiment. In 1973 the professor Philip G. Zimbardo set out to study how normal subjects such as college aged men would react as “prisoners” and “guards” in a mock prison setting. Stanford set up what they called a “mock prison” in the basement of Stanford University’s psychology building. During the experiment there were ten prisoners and eleven guards. The prisoners were stripped of their uniqueness by being dressed in matching smocks
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Stanford Prison Experiment Questions The effects of living in a prison cell with no outer contact is very abysmal. People tend to get very friendly with their prison mates and they even plan and talk out many ideas of breaking out of prison. They also tend to feel achy and horrible inside because of lack of sunlight and not much physical activity is being pursued during time in a cell. Finally‚ they also feel so closed in and hurt inside that they start thinking that suicide or death is a better
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possible. To support pressure ulcer risk assessment several standardized pressure ulcer risk assessment scales have been introduced and their application in clinical practice is recommended (Stechmiller et al.‚ 2008). one of the most common scales used in our hospitals is the Waterlow scale‚ This scale was designed by Waterlow in 1985‚ from study in elderly and acute wards (waterlow‚1985). The Waterlow Scale assigns believed to predispose patients towards developing pressure ulcers: build/weight‚ continence
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Likert-type scale The Likert scale seeks to explain data results‚ as the range from one extreme (negative) to another extreme (positive). Therefore‚ for this paper I will be analysing how my personality trait correlates to me becoming a CEO‚ whether it is negatively or positively. Very Bad Average Very Good Survey Questions Key: 1- Very bad‚ 2- Somewhat bad‚ 3- Average‚ 4- Good‚ 5- Very good (1)
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The progressive aphasia severity scale (PASS) is a clinical instrument used to rate presence and severity of impairment in specific domains of speech and language in patients with PPA (Mesulam et al.‚ 2009; Sapolsky‚ Domoto-Reilly‚ & Dickerson‚ 2014). The clinician uses his or her best clinical judgment to make ratings on a 5-point scale: normal (0) to questionable/very mild (0.5)‚ mild (1.0)‚ moderate (2.0)‚ or severe (3.0) impairment. First‚ a baseline profile is established; then‚ follow-up
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meaningful order. You can count but not order or measure nominal data. Only calculations based on the frequencies of occurrence are valid. Nominal scales have no numeric properties. Qualitative information is obtained from a nominal scale. This means objects are classified by name only. Counting is the only operation that can be performed on a nominal scale. Examples of nominal questions that may be used are: state of residence; gender; or hair color: blonde‚ brown‚ red‚ black. Ordinal Ordinal
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