Advanced Quantitative: Syllabus and Handouts
Please download and read the handout files below, listed by the week each will enter into our classroom conversation. Additional files may be added during the semester, so please check this page weekly. Each of the files I am providing contain important background information related to the course and/or one or more of the methods we will discuss in class.
Note, some links below direct you to articles on journal websites. If you are accessing this page from a UNT computer, you can download a full-text version of each of the articles for free (this will not work if you are accessing this page from a non-UNT device).
Please feel free to contact me if you have questions about any of these documents.
Week 1: Introduction to the Course
Week 2: Why Multivariate Statistics?
Week 4: Spatial Statistics
Week 6: Multiple Correlation and Regression
Week 8: Spatial Pattern
Week 9: Principal Components / Factor Analysis
Week 11: Cluster Analysis
Weeks 14 & 15: Project Presentations
Note, some links below direct you to articles on journal websites. If you are accessing this page from a UNT computer, you can download a full-text version of each of the articles for free (this will not work if you are accessing this page from a non-UNT device).
Please feel free to contact me if you have questions about any of these documents.
Week 1: Introduction to the Course
- GEOG 5190 Syllabus
- GEOG 5190 Writing Expectations
- GEOG 5190 Referencing Guidelines
- Online Conceptual Reading: False Positives (introductory reading)
- Online Conceptual Reading: Understanding Data
- Note-Taking Handout (from Stanford University's Center for Teaching and Learning)
- Esri MOOC (Supplementary Learning Opportunity): Going Places With Spatial Analysis
Week 2: Why Multivariate Statistics?
- Online Conceptual Reading: Multivariate Analysis and Geovisualization (article contains a helpful introduction to the general topic)
- Online Example Reading: An Introduction to the Network Weight Matrix
- Class Handout: Data Screening
Week 4: Spatial Statistics
- Online Example Reading: Spatial Patterns of Subprime Mortgages
- Online Example Reading: Polycentric Phoenix
- Video: Spatial Data Mining (Hot Spot Analysis)
Week 6: Multiple Correlation and Regression
- Online Example Reading: Automobiles and Health Risks
- Video: Spatial Analysis for Urban Planning
- Video Tutorial: Geographically Weighted Regression on 911 Calls
Week 8: Spatial Pattern
- Online Conceptual Reading: Trend Surface Analysis - A Review
- Classic But Short Book: An Introduction to Trend Surface Analysis
- Video: Analyze Weather Data Using Interpolation
Week 9: Principal Components / Factor Analysis
- Online Conceptual Reading: Principal Component Analysis on Spatial Data - An Overview
- Online Example Reading: Constructing Socio-Economic Status Indicators
Week 11: Cluster Analysis
- Online Example Reading: Classifying College Students by Socioeconomic Status
- Online Example: The Chicago Federal Reserve Bank's Peer City Identification Tool
Weeks 14 & 15: Project Presentations
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