Difference between revisions of "SMT201 AY2019-20G2 Ex1 Soh Bai He"
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[[File:P1a-schooldistributionbyregion.jpg|700px|thumb|left|Data Source: data.gov.sg / File: general-information-of-schools.csv]]<br> | [[File:P1a-schooldistributionbyregion.jpg|700px|thumb|left|Data Source: data.gov.sg / File: general-information-of-schools.csv]]<br> | ||
'''Data Handling:''' general-information-of-schools.csv is geocoded into school_information.shp | '''Data Handling:''' general-information-of-schools.csv is geocoded into school_information.shp | ||
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1) Categorisation by school type. Junior College and Centralised Institute are grouped together as both offers pre-university courses and lead to the ‘A’ Level examinations.<br> | 1) Categorisation by school type. Junior College and Centralised Institute are grouped together as both offers pre-university courses and lead to the ‘A’ Level examinations.<br> | ||
2) Categorisation by region to facilitate easier visualisation of the distribution of schools by region. | 2) Categorisation by region to facilitate easier visualisation of the distribution of schools by region. | ||
Revision as of 16:56, 15 September 2019
Contents
Part One: Thematic Mapping
Public Education Institutions
Data Handling: general-information-of-schools.csv is geocoded into school_information.shp
Choice of Classification:
1) Categorisation by school type. Junior College and Centralised Institute are grouped together as both offers pre-university courses and lead to the ‘A’ Level examinations.
2) Categorisation by region to facilitate easier visualisation of the distribution of schools by region.
Visual Variable: An SVG marker of a book is used as the symbol. Different colours are used for each school type/region for easier identification.
Feature count: Total (344), Primary (181), Secondary (138), Mixed Level (14), Junior College/Centralised Institute (11)
Observation: Of all school types, Junior College/Centralised Institute has the least number. However, the existing ones are well distributed across Singapore with every region covered.
