MODULE 13 QUALITY ASSURANCE AND QUALITY CONTROL

• Precision and accuracy (e.g., variance, spikes, data tracking and control charts, calibrations; Best Professional Judgment); closely linked to Module 17 Statistics
• Good Laboratory Practices
• Quality Assurance Project Plans (QAPPs)

MODULE 14 DATA TYPES, SOURCES AND RETRIEVAL

• Meta data
• Structuring spreadsheets and relational databases
• Essential information
• Spatial versus non-spatial data sets

MODULE 15 SPREADSHEETS AND NONSPATIAL DATABASES

• Software (e.g., Excel, Quattro Pro, Access)
• Using spreadsheets and databases to answer questions – case studies

- Querying spreadsheets and databases

• Survey of RDMS software

MODULE 16 GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS (GIS)

• Maps as data (points, lines, polygons, objects)
• Polygon versus raster-based
• Software survey
• Data input (GPS, scanning) and data delivery
• Spatial data sets and analysis functions