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Concepts in Spatial Analysis

General

Prefix

GEOG

Course Number

462

Course Level

Undergraduate

Department/Unit(s)

Geography and Land Surveying

College/School

College of Science and Engineering

Description

Analytical use of geospatial information in the R environment. Spatial, network and surface analysis. Integrated Lab.

Prerequisites

Credits

Min

3

Max

3

Repeatable

No

Goals and Diversity

MN Goal Course

No

Cultural Diversity

No

Learning Outcomes

Outcome

Evaluate alternative spatial statistics and their application.

Outcome

Calculate spatial statistics to discover patterns in the distribution of geographic phenomena.

Outcome

Identify the extent to which different distributions of spatial data are clustered or dispersed from a random pattern.

Course Outline

Course Outline

Intro R and Rstudio. 5% Grammar for Geospatial data. 5% Basic statistics. 5% Reading geospatial data. 5% Geospatial Data structure. 10% Grammar for graphs. 10% Statistical tests. 10% Linear regression. 10% Multiple regression. 10% Logistic regression. 10% Spatial autocorrelation. 10% Spatial regression. 10%

Dependencies

Programs

GEOG462 is a completion requirement for:
GEOG462 is a prerequisite for: