Statistical Methods for Geography: A Student′s Guide

"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.