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Title Details:
Spatial Analysis
Authors: Iliopoulou, Polyxeni
Reviewer: Kitsos, Christos
Subject: ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY > TECHNOLOGICAL SCIENCES AND ENGINEERING > RURAL AND SURVEYING ENGINEERING > GEOGRAPHY AND SPATIAL ANALYSIS
Keywords:
Spatial Analysis
Geography
Quantitative Methods
Spatial Statistics
Geographic Information Systems
Spatial Sampling
Spatial Data Description
Hypothesis Testing
Correlation Analysis
Regression Analysis
Spatial Regression
Factor Analysis
Cluster Analysis
Discriminant Analysis
Geostatistics
GeoComputation
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Abstract:
The subject of this book is the application of statistical methods in the analysis of geographic phenomena and falls within the field of Spatial Analysis. Various methods of descriptive and inferential statistics are presented together with their applications in spatial data analysis, including spatial statistics. Several examples of classical statistical methods are carried out employing statistical analysis software, while analysis of spatial data is implemented in a GIS environment. The book’s target audience is undergraduate students in disciplines relevant to geographical information science. Basic mathematical background is required and the emphasis is on the understanding of concepts and techniques. Only the most commonly used methods in empirical research of geographical problems are presented in this book. The book comprises seven chapters. In the introduction chapter the field of Spatial Analysis is presented together with basic concepts, as well as the properties and organization of spatial data. The second chapter concerns data collection and sampling methods. Apart from classical sampling methods, spatial sampling techniques are presented. The third chapter concerns data description with tables, graphs and maps. Several measures of central tendency and dispersion are explained together with measures of geographical distributions. The fourth chapter concerns probability distributions and statistical hypothesis tests, as a background for further analysis. The fifth chapter deals with correlation and regression analysis as well as basic methods of spatial statistics, such as measures of spatial autocorrelation and spatial regression models. In the sixth chapter three methods of multivariate analysis are presented; factor analysis, cluster analysis and discriminant analysis. The final chapter is about more recent trends in spatial analysis including geostatistical analysis, artificial intelligence and in general models in the field of GeoComputation. The book includes a large number of examples as well as videos explaining the use of statistical and GIS software.
Technical Editors: Karali, Georgia
Stratakis, Panagiotis
Tsionis, Elias
Type: Undergraduate textbook
Creation Date: 2015
Item Details:
ISBN 978-960-603-132-8
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/gr
DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.57713/kallipos-804
Handle http://hdl.handle.net/11419/2059
Bibliographic Reference: Iliopoulou, P. (2015). Spatial Analysis [Undergraduate textbook]. Kallipos, Open Academic Editions. https://dx.doi.org/10.57713/kallipos-804
Language: Greek
Consists of:
1. Introduction
2. Data Collection – Sampling Techniques
3. Spatial Data Description – Basic Geostatistical Indices
4. Probability Distributions - Hypothesis Testing
5. Correlation and Regression Analysis – Spatial Autocorrelation - Spatial Regression
6. Multivariate Techniques
7. Recent Trends in Spatial Analysis
Number of pages 240
Publication Origin: Kallipos, Open Academic Editions
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