Statistics in geography / David Ebdon.

Includes index.

Preface to the Second Edition vi
Preface to the First Edition vii
1 Statistical Concepts 1
1.1 The uses of statistics 1
1.2 Data 2
1.3 Probability 5
1.4 Significance 12
1.5 Computer program
Program 1 — Foisson probabilities 20
2 Description 22
2.1 Central tendency 22
2.2 Dispersion 24
2.3 Skewness and kurtosis 28
2.4 Computer program
Program 2 — descriptive statistics 32
3 Samples and Sampling 34
3.1 Sampling methods 36
3.2 Estimates from samples 45
3.3 Sample size 51
4 Comparisons 53
4.1 The Kolmogorov-Smirnov test 53
4.2 A runs test for randomness 55
4.3 The Mann-Whitney U test 57
4.4 Student's t test 61
4.5 The chi square test 65
4.6 The Kruskal-Wallis H test 71
4.7 Analysis of variance 75
4.8 Computer programs
Program 3 — Kolmogorov- Smirnov
test 78
Program 4 — The Mann-Whitney U
test 80
Program 5 — Student's t test 82
Program 6 — Chi square test 84
Program 7 — The Kruskal- Wallis H
test 86
Program 8 — Analysis of variance 88
5 Relationships 90
5.1 Product-moment correlation 91
5.2 Spearman rank correlation 97
5.3 Computer programs
Program 9 — Product-moment
correlation 102
Program 10 — Spearman rank
correlation 104
6 Trends 106
6.1 Simple linear regression 107
6.2 Nonlinear regression 120
6.3 Computer program
Program II — Simple linear
regression 126
7 Spatial Statistics 128
7.1 Central tendency in point patterns 128
7.2 Dispersion in point patterns 134
7.3 Shape 141
7.4 Pattern 143
7.5 Spatial relationships 150
7.6 Computer programs
Program 12 — Mean centre and
standard distance 164
Program 13 — Standard deviational
ellipse 166
Program 14 — Nearest neighbour
analysis 168
Program 15—Join count statistics 170
Program 16 — Spatial autocorrelation
for areal data 172
Program 17— Spatial autocorrelation
for point data 174