Identifying transit corridors for elephants, analyzing the spread of cancer in time and space, modeling commercial interactions among firms - these are just a few of the recent applications I have seen of spatial statistics. Learn the basics in David Unwin's online course "Spatial Analysis Techniques in R," Dec 16 - Jan 20 (one week off for the winter holidays) at statistics.com.
Upcoming courses
Dec 16: Spatial Analysis Techniques in R (see below)
"Spatial Analysis Techniques in R" will teach users how to implement spatial statistical analysis procedures using R software. Topics covered include point pattern analysis, identifying clusters, measures of spatial association, geographically weighted regression and surface procession. The course includes a concise introduction to R, but some prior familiarity with R will minimize time spent learning it, and allow you to focus more on the spatial statistics techniques.
Dr. David Unwin is Emeritus Chair of Geography at Birkbeck College and Visiting Professor in the Department of Geomatic Engineering at University College, both in the University of London. He has authored over a hundred academic papers in the field, together with a series of texts, of which the most recent are his "Geographic Information Analysis, 2nd edition" (with D. O'Sullivan, 2010) and a series of edited collections at the interface between geography and computer science in "Visualization in GIS" (Hearnshaw and Unwin, 1994), "Spatial Analytical Perspectives on GIS" (Fischer, Scholten and Unwin, 1996) "Virtual Reality in Geography" (Fisher and Unwin, 2002) and, most recently representation issues in "Re-presenting GIS" (Fisher and Unwin, 2005). Participants can ask questions and exchange comments directly with Dr. Unwin via a private discussion board during the course.
Details and Registration: http://www.statistics.com/spatial-analysis-r
The course takes place online at statistics.com in a series of 4 weekly lessons and assignments, and requires about 15 hours/week. Participate at your own convenience; there are no set times when you are required to be online.
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