Practical Statistics for Geographers and Earth Scientists

07.01.2011

Englisch

9780470849149

John Wiley & Sons

Nein

Nigel Walford

440

Gebundene Ausgabe

Geographie, Geography, Earth Sciences, Geowissenschaften

R - Geowissenschaften, Geographie, Umwelt, Planung

Preface. Acknowledgements. Glossary. Section 1 First principles. 1 What's in a number? Learning outcomes. 1.1 Introduction to quantitative analysis. 1.2 Nature of numerical data. 1.3 Simplifying mathematical notation. 1.4 Introduction to case studies and structure of the book. 2 Geographical data: quantity and content. Learning outcomes. 2.1 Geographical data. 2.2 Populations and samples. 2.3 Specifying attributes and variables. 3 Geographical data: collection and acquisition. Learning outcomes. 3.1 Originating data. 3.2 Collection methods. 3.3 Locating phenomena in geographical space. 4 Statistical measures (or quantities). Learning outcomes. 4.1 Descriptive statistics. 4.2 Spatial descriptive statistics. 4.3 Central tendency. 4.4 Dispersion. 4.5 Measures of skewness and kurtosis for nonspatial data. 4.6 Closing comments. 5 Frequency distributions, probability and hypotheses. Learning outcomes. 5.1 Frequency distributions. 5.2 Bivariate and multivariate frequency distributions. 5.3 Estimation of statistics from frequency distributions. 5.4 Probability. 5.5 Inference and hypotheses. 5.6 Connecting summary measures, frequency distributions and probability. Section 2 Testing times. 6 Parametric tests. Learning outcomes. 6.1 Introduction to parametric tests. 6.2 One variable and one sample. 6.3 Two samples and one variable. 6.4 Three or more samples and one variable. 6.5 Con3 dence intervals. 6.6 Closing comments. 7 Nonparametric tests. Learning outcomes. 7.1 Introduction to nonparametric tests. 7.2 One variable and one sample. 7.3 Two samples and one (or more) variable(s). 7.4 Multiple samples and/or multiple variables. 7.5 Closing comments. Section 3 Forming relationships. 8 Correlation. Learning outcomes. 8.1 Nature of relationships between variables. 8.2 Correlation techniques. 8.3 Concluding remarks. 9 Regression. Learning outcomes. 9.1 Specifcation of linear relationships. 9.2 Bivariate regression. 9.3 Concluding remarks. 10 Correlation and regression of spatial data. Learning outcomes. 10.1 Issues with correlation and regression of spatial data. 10.2 Spatial and temporal autocorrelation. 10.3 Trend surface analysis. 10.4 Concluding remarks. References. Further Reading. Index. Plate section: Statistical Analysis Planner and Checklist falls between pages 172 and 173.

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