Part I. Finalize your "Location Quotient Exercise (see earlier handout or Webpage). This exercise should give you some initial empirical indication of the nature of the distribution (compositional structure) of a phenomenon relevant to your project. Ideally, you should have found a data source which has some potential of helping you down the stretch when you have developed questions which require numerical data. Thus, first, use these data for the calculation and interpretation of your L.Q.. Since several of this class' texts refer to the Location Quotient, you will probably find it appropriate to consult these sources for your interpretation. Second, explain why you suggest that these data may be useful for you in your further research for this project.

Part II. Articulate your Conceptual Framework and Research Proposal. As you know, I am eager to find out how you plan to "approach" i.e. conceptually frame, your project. While you do not have to write the final word y et on this subject, I would like you to take a very serious first stab at it. On the basis of your initial plans, intermittent thinking, what you already know (or now learn) about "conceptual frameworks", feedback from other class members (incl. me) AND < /FONT>at least three "new" literature sources (i.e. sources which you have NOT used yet in the pursuit of these interests) develop a conceptual structure which holds your various project components together. [Only one of these "minimal" sour ces can come from the reserve book list and at least two of them should be post-1985 academic journal articles found via GeoBase or Expanded Academic Index. Of course, you are always encouraged to use more library or Internet resources. You also may wan t to make use of Ch.2 of Durrenberger's Geographical Research and Writing (which was distributed in class) and the chapter on "Models"(unless you have more appropriate guides to geographic research and modeling).] Do not hesitate to use a flow chart to il lustrate the structure of your conceptualization.