Elementary Statistics for Geographers, First Edition: First Edition - Hardcover

Barber, Gerald M.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 089862777X ISBN 13: 9780898627770

Publisher: Guilford Press, 1988

Synopsis

Widely adopted, this uniquely comprehensive text introduces the techniques and concepts of statistics in human and physical geography. Unlike other texts that gloss over the conceptual foundations and focus solely on method, the book explains not only how to apply quantitative tools but also why and how they work. Students gain important skills for utilizing both conventional and spatial statistics in their own research, as well as for critically evaluating the work of others. Most chapters are self-contained in order to provide maximum flexibility in course design. Requiring no math beyond algebra, the book is well suited for undergraduate and beginning graduate-level courses. Helpful features include chapter summaries, suggestions for further reading, and practice problems at the end of each chapter.

New to This Edition

*Restructured and updated to reflect current developments in the field.

*Five entirely new chapters cover graphical methods, spatial relationships, analysis of variance, extending regression analysis, and spatial analysis.

*Features even more worked examples, many with accompanying graphics.

*The companion website offers datasets and solutions to selected end-of-chapter exercises.

About this title

Review

"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."/m-/David R. Legates, University of Oklahoma "Burt 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."/m-/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."/m-/Scott Robeson, Indiana University

About the Author

James Burt is Professor of Geography at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where he teaches climatology, quantitative methods, and computer cartography. He papers have appeared in such publications as -MDUL-Climatic Change-MDNM--MDNM-, -MDUL-Geographical Analysis-MDNM-, -MDUL-Physical Geography-MDNM-, -MDUL-Water Resources Research-MDNM-, -MDUL-Publications in Climatology-MDNM-, and the -MDUL-Annals of the Association of American Geographers-MDNM-."

Edition details

• Publisher: Guilford Press
• Publication date: 1988
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 089862777X
• ISBN 13: 9780898627770
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 576