GEOG 5520 Final

The threshold for determining poverty status varies with

A. family size
B. number of children
C. age of householder
D. all of the above

The index of dissimilarity can range from 

A. -1 to 1
B. 0 to 100
C. 0 to 1
D. 1 to 5

If the proportions of two ethnic groups in a given area are the same, the dissimilarity index will be 

A. 1/3
B. 1
C. 0.5
D. 0

The Index of Dissimilarity is calculated as 
D = (Σ n_i |p_i - P|) / (2NP(1-P)), where
n_i is 

A. total number of people
B. percentage of the group over all areas
C. percentage of a demographic group for the ith unit
D. the total number of people for the ith unit

The Index of Dissimilarity is calculated as 
D = (Σ n_i |p_i - P|) / (2NP(1-P)), where N is 

A. the total number of people for the ith unit
B.  percentage of a demographic group for the ith unit
C.  percentage of the group over all areas
D. total number of people

The Index of Dissimilarity is calculated as 
D = (Σ n_i |p_i - P|) / (2NP(1-P)), where p_i is 

A. total number of people
B.  percentage of a demographic group for the ith unit
C. the total number of people for the ith unit
D.  percentage of the group over all areas

The Index of Dissimilarity is calculated as 
D = (Σ n_i |p_i - P|) / (2NP(1-P)), where P is 

A. the total number of people for the ith unit
B.  percentage of a demographic group for the ith unit
C.  percentage of the group over all areas
D. total number of people

True or false: standard ellipses, but not standard circles, can be used for computing a segregation index.

A. True
B. False

In the segregation index, _ stands for complete separation and _ for complete overlap.

A. 1; 0
B. 0; 1
C. 0; 100
D. -1; 1

Which of the following refers to the differential distribution of two social groups among areal units in a city?

A. Concentration
B. Evenness
C. Exposure
D. Clustering

True or false: evenness is minimized and segregation maximized when all areal units have the same proportion of minority and majority residents as the city as a whole. 

A. True
B. False

The most widely used measure of ___________ is the index of dissimilarity.

A. clustering
B. centralization
C. evenness
D. concentration

_______________ refers to the degree of potential contact between various demographic groups within geographic areas of a city.

A. Exposure
B. Clustering
C. Adjacency
D. Concentration

__________ refers to the relative amount of physical space occupied by a minority group in the urban environment.

A. Concentration
B. Clustering
C. Proportionality
D. Adjacency

The degree to which areal units of a city inhabited by a minority group adjoin each other is called

A. exposure.
B. concentration.
C. clustering.
D. evenness.

True or false: the D-index, in its original version, has a spatial dimension to it.

A. True
B. False

True or false: the D-index is the most widely used measure of segregation.

A. True
B. False

When data at different scale levels or resolutions yield different results, this is known as ________________.

A. the scale effect
B. unscalability
C. scale dependence
D. dimensionality

MAUP stands for

A. Multi-adjustable usage probability
B. Multi-area unstability problem
C. Multi-agent unconstrained problem
D. Modifiable areal unit problem

True or false: the D-index is no good at capturing the evenness of the population.

A. True
B. False

True or false: the D-index would show a "checkerboard" city to be perfectly segregated.

A. True
B. False

Which dimension of segregation is currently believed to be the most important? 

A. Clustering
B. Evenness
C. Exposure
D. Concentration