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GEOG 2271

Quantitative Methods in Geography

0.5 credits · Undergraduate

Fall 2024

Topics

  • Introduction to statistics
  • Introduction to Data
  • Visualizing Data
  • Numeric distributions
  • variation and measures
  • of central tendency
  • Relationships between
  • variables: Regression
  • and correlation
  • Modelling variation &
  • probability
  • Modelling random events
  • The normal and binomial
  • models
  • Review of normal &
  • binomial distribution
  • Inference
  • population proportions
  • Inferring population
  • means
  • Statistical models of Skip
  • variance and regression

Readings

  • Gould, Ryan, et al 2017 edition Pearson
  • Johnson, R. and Kuby, P. (2012) STAT2, Cengage Publishers.
Winter 2024

Topics

  • continuous probability distributions, estimating means and proportions, hypothesis testing, linear regression
  • contingency tables and point pattern analysis. Time permitting, multiple regression and non-linear regression
  • topics to be covered is included in the Course Materials Package

Readings

  • Required: Johnson and Kuby (2012). STAT, 2nd ed. Brooks/Cole.
  • Required: Rogerson, P (2020). Statistical Methods for Geography: A Student’s Guide, 5th ed. Sage Publications.
  • Rogerson, P (2020). Statistical Methods for Geography: A Student’s Guide, 5th ed. Sage Publications. Copies of this book are available in the bookstore; used copies may also be available as this text has been used before for this course. While the textbook is optional
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