MARA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY

BACHELOR OF GEOMATIC AND SURVEYING SCIENCE (AP220) Jack Ruzaini

SUG243 – CARTOGRAPHY II jacketphish@yahoo.com
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QUESTION 8

Method used: Natural Breaks Classification

1. Sorting the data in ascending order
2. Determine the number of classes
Number of classes, C = log N / log 2 ; N is total of data
= log 7 / log 2
= 2.807 ≈ 3 classes
3. Determine the differences and select the 3 largest as the classes limit.

POPULATION CHANGES IN CAMDEN COUNTY BETWEEN THE YEAR 1931 AND 1951
DISTRICTS POPULATION CHANGES DIFFERENCES CLASS
1931 1951 (%)
Thorpe 95 59 -37.9 1
Hawton 108 93 -13.9 24

Averham 159 180 13.2 27.1 2

Roileston 176 202 14.8 1.6
Newark M. B. 19535 22917 17.3 2.5

Farndon 607 1252 106.3 89 3

Staythorpe 51 143 180.4 74.1

4. Determine the class interval

CLASS INTERVAL OF POPULATION CHANGES IN CAMDEN COUNTY BETWEEN THE YEAR 1931
AND 1951
CLASS CLASS INTERVAL
CLASS 1 -37.9 to -13.9
CLASS 2 13.2 to 17.3
CLASS 3 106.3 to 180.4

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 MARA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY
BACHELOR OF GEOMATIC AND SURVEYING SCIENCE (AP220) Jack Ruzaini
SUG243 – CARTOGRAPHY II jacketphish@yahoo.com
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5. Construct the graph

POPULATION CHANGES IN CAMDEN COUNTY BETWEEN THE YEAR 1931 AND 1951 (%)
190 180.4
180
170
160
150
140
130
120
106.3
110
100
90
80
70
60
50
40
30
14.8 17.3
20 13.2
10
0
-10 Thorpe Hawton Averham Roileston Newark M. B. Farndon Staythorpe
-20
-30 -13.9
-40 -37.9

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 MARA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY
BACHELOR OF GEOMATIC AND SURVEYING SCIENCE (AP220) Jack Ruzaini
SUG243 – CARTOGRAPHY II jacketphish@yahoo.com
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6. Draw the Choropleth Map to display the changes

PERCENTAGES OF POPULATION CHANGES IN CAMDEN COUNTY BETWEEN THE YEAR 1931

AND 1951

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