Elementary Statistics for Geographers
Second Edition
2nd Edition
Published on 29. February 2004
Book
Paperback/Softback
640 pages
978-0-89862-999-6 (ISBN)
Description
Statistics courses frequently gloss over the foundations of statistical analysis and concentrate solely on method. As a result, students are able to perform the techniques, but do not know when to utilize them or how to interpret results incorporating statistical methods. Designed to give geography students a solid understanding of key statistical concepts, this in-depth text both presents basic techniques and fully explores their meaning and importance. Structured for optimal classroom use, the book includes helpful student exercises with answer keys. Four broad sections provide comprehensive coverage of descriptive statistics, inferential statistics, statistical relationships between two variables, and modern methods of analysis.
Reviews / Votes
It has been difficult to find a good introductory statistics text that can be used with a class consisting of both physical and social science students. This textbook meets that demand by incorporating a good number of examples from both aspects of the discipline and including thorough discussions of introductory spatial statistics... Should prove useful as both a classroom textbook and a basic statistical reference. - D.R. Legates, University of OklahomaBurt and Barber have extended and modernized a text that has long served geography students as a methodological foundation This text will find its place in upper-level undergraduate courses and first-year graduate study for those with limited statistics backgrounds. - Randall W. Jackson, Ohio State University
The text is very well organized and contains a wealth of excellent examples and diagrams. Chapters on time-series and computer-intensive methods are particularly valuable. - Scott Robeson, Indiana University
More details
Edition
2nd edition
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Weight
892 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-89862-999-6 (9780898629996)
Copyright in bibliographic data and cover images is held by Nielsen Book Services Limited or by the publishers or by their respective licensors: all rights reserved.
Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Additional editions
Book
02/1996
2nd Edition
Guilford Publications
€114.08
Article exhausted; check for reprint
Content
Statistics and Geography. Part 1: Descriptive Statistics. Univariate Descriptive Statistics. Descriptive Statistics for Spatial Distributions. Concepts of Time Series Analysis. Part 2: Inferential Statistics. Elementary Probability Theory. Random Variables and Probability Distributions. Sampling. Parametric Statistical Inference: Estimation. Parametric Statistical Inference: Hypothesis Testing. Parametric Statistical Inference: Two Sample Tests. Nonparametric Statistics. Part 3: Statistical Relationships between Two Variables. Correlation Analysis. Introduction to Regression Analysis. Inferential Aspects of Regression Analysis. Time Series Analysis. Exploratory Data Analysis. Computer-Intensive Methods.