Geographic Threats to Validity within Holler (2021)
For the replication of the Dorian study, we will be using X/Twitter data from Hurricane Ida. Since the study uses centroids and kernel density for the heat ...
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Examining Social Vulnerability Models
After working on the Malcomb et al. (2014) reproduction, I do think social vulnerability models should be reproducible. Especially when lives and livelihoods...
Geographic Uncertainty
Though I do not have a lot of experience with geographic research beyond this class and GEOG 0120, I have encountered the uncertainty relating to choosing re...
Open Source GIS and the Reproducibility Crisis
Reproducibility is founded upon research being able to be checked and transparent. Open source GIS can help with the reproducibility crisis for geography by...
Is GIS a Science?
The NASEM defines science as a “mode of inquiry that poses questions about the world.” (NASEM, 22) Involving a process of observation, measurement, analysis...
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Tweets and Storms: Replicating Holler (2021) Study on Hurricane Dorian
In order to replicate the Holler (2021) Hurricane Dorian study with data from Hurricane Ida, I focused on adjusting the computational environment so that all...
Healthcare Resources in Illinois: Reproducing Kang et al. (2020)
For this reproduction of the Kang et al. (2020) study, I focused on implementing suggested modifications of improving speed limit calculations and creating a...
Social Vulnerability Index: Replicating Spielman et al. (2020)
In order to improve the replication of Spielman et al. (2020), I focused on creating figures and tables as well as reweighted the national SoVI model by perc...
Climate Vulnerability in Malawi: Reproducing Malcomb et al. (2014)
Throughout the reproduction of Malcomb et al. (2014), I focused on improving transparency with the addition of written analyses as well as more direct acknow...
Disability and COVID-19: Reproducing Chakraborty (2021)
Since this reproduction study was already quite thorough, the modifications to the study were focused on improving figures, adding figures for clarity, and r...