Book Summary:
Categorical Data Analysis for geographers and Environmental Scientists, originally published in 1985, provided the first account of the new integrated approaches to the analysis of categorical data designed specifically to meet the needs of the geographer and the environmental scientist. It is intended to be the logical sequel to the type of multivariate statistics course which most researchers in those fields will have encountered. As such, it is much more comprehensive in scope than other texts in the field. The book contains more than 40 empirical illustrations (from oil exploration to transport planning in cities) which are designed to form an integrated part of the text. These serve to link the theory to the practice of geographical and environmental science research. Dr. Wrigley's book was a milestone in data analysis in the spatial sciences. It provided an account of a revolution which has swept through an area of statistical methodology and which has transformed the practice of data analysis for social and environmental scientists. The book is sensitive to the likely statistical/mathematical backgrounds of geographers and environmental scientists and is written in a fashion which should e accessible to all higher-level undergraduate and postgraduate students, faculty and researchers in those areas. |