Preface
Acknowledgments
Chapter 1: Introducing Spatial Measurements and Statistics
What are spatial measurements and statistics?
Geographic analysis with statistics
Understanding Data Distributions
Chapter 2: Measuring Geographic Distributions
Why measure geographic distributions?
Finding the center
Measuring the compactness of the distribution
Measuring orientation and direction
References and further reading
Testing Statistical Significance
Chapter 3: Identifying Patterns
Why identify geographic patterns?
Using statistics to identify patterns
Measuring the pattern of feature locations
Measuring the spatial pattern of feature values
References and further reading
Defining Spatial Neighborhoods And Weights
Chapter 4: Identifying Clusters
Why identify spatial clusters?
Using statistics to identify clusters
Finding clusters of features
Finding clusters of similar values
References and further reading
Using Statistics With Geographic Data
Chapter 5: Analyzing Geographic Relationships
Why analyze geographic relationships?
Using statistics to analyze relationships
Identifying geographic relationships
Analyzing geographic processes
References and further reading
Data credits
Software credits
Index
Andy Mitchell is the author of The ESRI Guide to GIS Analysis, Volume 1: Geographic Patterns and Relationships (Esri Press, 1999) and The Esri Guide to GIS Analysis, Volume 3: Modeling Suitability, Movement, and Interaction (Esri Press, 2012).
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