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An advantage of a dot map over a shaded area map is that it

  • A.is quicker to produce from a spreadsheet
  • B.avoids the need to normalise the data
  • C.shows variation within each areal unit
  • D.requires no legend to be interpreted

Answer: C

Correct answer: shows variation within each areal unit

A choropleth fills the whole unit with one tone, implying a uniformity that rarely exists. A dot map places dots where the phenomenon actually is, so an empty half of a district appears empty and a crowded corner appears crowded - and clusters that straddle boundaries become visible. Dot maps do also work directly from counts, but that is a difference in data requirement rather than the advantage the technique exists for.

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