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In chapter 12, we discuss the use of qualitative analysis techniques and their link to spatial data in ArcGIS. Specifically, this chapter focuses on aspects of spatial content analysis such as coding, content, data type, manifest and latent spatial data collection, inductive approach and the deductive approach. This chapter explores how to handle qualitative data and how to analyze such data using spatial concepts. The chapter presents a series of steps used in the spatial qualitative data analysis process, including the process for data theming and coding. Different forms of qualitative data are examined such as hard-copy and digital data.

The ideas of variable definition tables and how they can be used in the analysis process are also explored.