Statistical Methods for Geography: A Student’s Guide

by Peter A. Rogerson

How do beginning students of statistics for geography learn to fully understand the key concepts and apply the principal techniques? This text, now in its Fourth Edition, provides exactly that resource. Accessibly written, and focussed on student learning, it's a statistics 101 that includes definitions, examples, and exercise throughout.

Now fully integrated with online self-assessment exercises and video navigation, it explains everything required to get full credits for any undergraduate statistics module:

Descriptive statistics, probability, inferential statistics, hypothesis testing and sampling, variance, correlation, regression analysis, spatial patterns, spatial data reduction using factor analysis and cluster analysis. Exercises in the text are complemented with online exercise and prompts that test the understanding of concepts and techniques, additional online exercises review understanding of the entire chapter, relating concepts and techniques. Completely revised and updated for accessibility, including new material (on measures of distance, statistical power, sample size selection, and basic probability) with related exercises and downloadable datasets. It is the only text required for undergraduate modules in statistical analysis, statistical methods, and quantitative geography.

Genres: Geography, Academic

424 pages, Paperback

First published August 1, 1900

Reviews

[Kristy · Rating 4 out of 5]

Most statistical texts are dry and boring, but this one is an exception to the rest. I also LOVE Professor Rogerson's use of exclamation points thoughout the book.

[Rachel Stevenson · Rating 3 out of 5]

Read it for class.