Spatial Analysis Statistics, Visualization, and Computational Methods |
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| Author:
| Oyana, Tonny J.
Margai, Florence |
| ISBN: | 978-1-4987-0763-3 |
| Publication Date: | Aug 2015 |
| Publisher: | CRC Press LLC
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $115.00 |
Book Description:
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An introductory text for the next generation of geospatial analysts and data scientists, Spatial Analysis: Statistics, Visualization, and Computational Methods focuses on the fundamentals of spatial analysis using traditional, contemporary, and computational methods. Outlining both non-spatial and spatial statistical concepts, the authors present practical applications of geospatial data tools, techniques, and strategies in geographic studies. They offer a problem-based learning...
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An introductory text for the next generation of geospatial analysts and data scientists, Spatial Analysis: Statistics, Visualization, and Computational Methods focuses on the fundamentals of spatial analysis using traditional, contemporary, and computational methods. Outlining both non-spatial and spatial statistical concepts, the authors present practical applications of geospatial data tools, techniques, and strategies in geographic studies. They offer a problem-based learning (PBL) approach to spatial analysis--containing hands-on problem-sets that can be worked out in MS Excel or ArcGIS--as well as detailed illustrations and numerous case studies.
The book enables readers to:
- Identify types and characterize non-spatial and spatial data
- Demonstrate their competence to explore, visualize, summarize, analyze, optimize, and clearly present statistical data and results
- Construct testable hypotheses that require inferential statistical analysis
- Process spatial data, extract explanatory variables, conduct statistical tests, and explain results
- Understand and interpret spatial data summaries and statistical tests
Spatial Analysis: Statistics, Visualization, and Computational Methods incorporates traditional statistical methods, spatial statistics, visualization, and computational methods and algorithms to provide a concept-based problem-solving learning approach to mastering practical spatial analysis. Topics covered include: spatial descriptive methods, hypothesis testing, spatial regression, hot spot analysis, geostatistics, spatial modeling, and data science.