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

Rogerson, Peter A.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1848600038 ISBN 13: 9781848600034

Publisher: SAGE Publications Ltd, 2010

Synopsis

"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-written, well-organized 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 Maynooth

The Third Edition of this bestselling text has been fully revised and updated. It provides a comprehensive introduction to the principal methods and techniques that students need to understand in order to successfully complete a statistics module. It remains unique in the teaching literature by being a primer on statistical methods written especially for students of geography, using spatial and geographical examples.

Features new to this edition include:

• Further introductory material
• Updated exercises and illustrative examples are provided at the end of each chapter 
• Downloadable datasets
• A fully functioning web page with Excel workbook excercises and PowerPoint illustrations

A companion website with resources for instructors and students is available at www.sagepub.co.uk/rogerson.

About this title

About the Author

Peter A. Rogerson is SUNY (State University of New York) Distinguished Professor in the Department of Geography at the University at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York, USA. He also holds an adjunct appointment in the Department of Biostatistics.

Edition details

• Publisher: SAGE Publications Ltd
• Publication date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1848600038
• ISBN 13: 9781848600034
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 368