Quantitative Geography: The Basics: The Basics (Spatial Analytics and GIS) - Softcover

Harris, Richard

 
9781446296547: Quantitative Geography: The Basics: The Basics (Spatial Analytics and GIS)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1446296547 ISBN 13: 9781446296547
Publisher: SAGE Publications Ltd, 2016

Synopsis

Numerical data are everywhere. Charts and statistics appear not just in geography journals but also in the media, in public policy, and in business and commerce too. To engage with quantitative geography, we must engage with the quantitative methods used to collect, analyse, present and interpret these data.

Quantitative Geography: The Basics is the perfect introduction for undergraduates beginning any quantitative methods course. Written in short, user-friendly chapters with full-colour diagrams, the book guides the reader through a wide range of topics from the basic to the more advanced, including:

  • Statistics
  • Maths
  • Graphics
  • Models
  • Mapping and GIS
  • R
Closely aligned with the Q-Step quantitative social science programme, Quantitative Geography: The Basics is the ideal starting point for understanding and exploring this fundamental area of Geography.

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About the Author

Richard Harris is Professor of Quantitative Social Geography at the School of Geographical Sciences, University of Bristol. He is the lead author on two textbooks about quantitative methods in geography and related disciplines: Statistics for Geography and Environmental Science (Prentice Hall, 2011) and Geodemographics, GIS and Neighbourhood Targeting (Wiley, 2005).

Richard′s research interests are in the geographies of education and the education of geographers. He is currently Director of Bristol Q-Step Centre, part of a multimillion pound UK initiative to raise quantitative skills training among social science students, and has worked with both the Royal Geographical Society (with IBG) and Higher Education Academy to promote numeracy and to support the transition of students from schools to University.

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The perfect primer and companion for undergraduate geography students approaching quantitative geography for the first time.

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Publisher
SAGE Publications Ltd
Publication date
2016
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1446296547
ISBN 13 
9781446296547
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
1
Number of pages
328

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