Statistical Methods for Geography: A Student′s Guide - Hardcover

Rogerson, Peter A.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1412907950 ISBN 13: 9781412907958

Publisher: SAGE Publications Ltd, 2006

Synopsis

"The First Edition of Statistical Methods for Geography provided an excellent introduction to the statistical analysis of spatial data. The second edition is even better - providing more material on probability and on descriptive statistics as well as more exercises. I would recommend this strongly as a text for introductory statistics courses in geography. It is currently the best on the market by far."
 - A. Stewart Fotheringham, National University of Ireland, Maynooth

 

The Second Edition of this bestselling text has been completely revised and updated. It provides a systematic introduction to the principal methods and techniques that students must understand to complete a statistics course.

Features new to this edition include:

• More introductory material especially in a new chapter on descriptive statistics, and much-expanded introductory chapters
• More exercises and illustrative examples within the chapters
• SPSS for Windows and EXCEL used to illustrate the applied use of the methods
• A companion Web site for lecturers and students is available at www.sagepub.co.uk/rogerson. The password-protected lecturer section contains answers to questions from the book. There are also downloadable-datasets and study skills for students.

About this title

About the Author:

I am Professor of Geography and Biostatistics at the University at Buffalo. My research interests are in the area of demography and population change, epidemiology, spatial statistics, and spatial analysis. My current work is focused upon the development of new methods for the quick detection of newly emergent clusters in geographic data (for example, how does one determine as quickly as possible whether there is a new cluster of crime or disease?).

Review:

" Peter Rogerson has provided us with an accessible introduction to the main statistical procedures used by geographers, along with valuable illustrations of how these can be applied using SPSS for Windows. As a primer in statistical analysis for geographers it will be widely used and appreciated."

About this edition

• Publisher: SAGE Publications Ltd
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 1412907950
• ISBN 13: 9781412907958
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 320