Statistical Methods for Geography; A Student's Guide

by Peter A Rogerson

• ISBN13: 9781848600034
• ISBN10: 1848600038
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-02-11
• Publisher: SAGE Publications Ltd

Summary

'This book provides students with everything they need to know in both a basic statistics course and also in introductory courses focused on spatial data analysis. It is extremely well-writen, well-organised and has plenty of easily understood examples - really the ideal textbook. I recommend it extremely highly' - Stewart Fotheringham, Director, National Centre for Geocomputation National University of Ireland MaynoothThe Third Edition of this bestselling student favourite has again been revised and updated to provide an expert introduction to the principal methods and techniques needed to understand a statistics module.Features new to this edition include:- further introductory material- updated exercises and illustrative examples- updated downloadable datasets

Table of Contents

Preface

Preface to the Second Edition

Preface to the Third Edition

Introduction to Statistical Methods for Geography

Descriptive Statistics

Probability and Discrete Probability Distributions

Continuous Probability Distributions and Probability Models

Inferential Statistics: Confidence Intervals, Hypothesis Testing and Sampling

Analysis of Variance

Correlation

Introduction to Regression Analysis

More on Regression

Spatial Patterns

Data Reduction: Factor Analysis and Cluster Analysis

Epilogue

Statistical Tables

Random Digits

Normal Distribution

A0A0Student's t-Distribution

Cumulative t-Distribution

A0A0F-Distribution

A0A0C22 Distribution

Mathematical Conventions and Notation

Mathematical Conventions

Mathematical Notation

Review and Extension of Some Probability Theory

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