Elementary Statistics for Geographers

by James E. Burt

Raising the standard at which statistical methods are taught to geography students, this in-depth text both presents basic techniques and fully explores their meaning and importance. Structured for classroom use, the book covers descriptive statistics, inferential statistics, statistical relationships between two variables, and modern methods of analysis. Comprehensive and highly accessible, this text is ideal for both beginners and advanced students of geography. Bringing the subject completely up to date, the book will be welcomed by researchers and educators.

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Which character stayed with you after you turned the last page, and why?
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