ESRI Guide to GIS Analysis, Volume 2: Spatial Measurements and Statistics / Edition 1

by Andy Mitchell

Overview

In The ESRI Guide to GIS Analysis, Volume 1, author Andy Mitchell showed how the creation and visual study of maps could be used to analyze spatial relationships between things that happen or exist in the world and their relative locations. But when the phenomena under study become complex, and the datasets huge, visual analysis alone tells only part of the story.

In The ESRI Guide to GIS Analysis, Volume 2: Spatial Measurements and Statistics, Mitchell takes us deeper, showing how an emerging set of tools that rely on spatial statistics provides GIS users the capability to conduct detailed, mathematical analysis of geographic information.

This second volume introduces statistical tools, geared specifically for geographic analysis, that are relatively new to GIS software packages and thus to most GIS users. It shows the tools in use in many different applications, explains which tools are best with which situations, and provides guidance on interpreting the results you get.

The ESRI Guide to GIS Analysis, Volume 2: Spatial Measurements and Statistics focuses on four fundamental tasks of statistical analysis: Calculating the center, dispersion, and trend, Identifying patterns, Identifying clusters, Analyzing geographic relationships, Whether you're new to GIS analysis or are an experienced practitioner, volume 2 of The ESRI Guide to GIS Analysis, like volume 1 before it, is a must-have.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	2901589481168
Publication date:	07/01/2005
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	252
Product dimensions:	7.58(w) x 8.92(h) x 0.63(d)

About the Author

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).

Table of Contents

	Preface	vii
	Acknowledgments	ix
Chapter 1	Introducing Spatial Measurements and Statistics	1
	What are spatial measurements and statistics?	2
	Geographic analysis with statistics	6
	Understanding data distributions	13
Chapter 2	Measuring Geographic Distributions	21
	Why measure geographic distributions?	22
	Finding the center	26
	Measuring the compactness of the distribution	39
	Measuring orientation and direction	45
	References and further reading	61
	Testing statistical significance	63
Chapter 3	Identifying Patterns	71
	Why identify geographic patterns?	72
	Using statistics to identify patterns	75
	Measuring the pattern of feature locations	80
	Measuring the spatial pattern of feature values	104
	References and further reading	133
	Defining spatial neighborhoods and weights	135
Chapter 4	Identifying Clusters	147
	Why identify spatial clusters?	148
	Using statistics to identify clusters	149
	Finding clusters of features	152
	Finding clusters of similar values	163
	References and further reading	181
	Using statistics with geographic data	183
Chapter 5	Analyzing Geographic Relationships	191
	Why analyze geographic relationships?	192
	Using statistics to analyze relationships	196
	Identifying geographic relationships	203
	Analyzing geographic processes	210
	References and further reading	227
	Data credits	229
	Software credits	231
	Index	235