GOG 502/PLN 504

Statistical Methods

Fall, 2009

Professor: Youqin Huang

CLASS LOCATION:	AS B13
CLASS HOURS:	TuTh 1:15 – 2:35 pm
OFFICE HOURS:	TTh 3:00-4:00 pm (AS 215) and by appointment
EMAIL:	yhuang@albany.edu
WEB PAGE:	http://www.albany.edu/~yhuang/GOG502_Statistics.html

Syllabus

Assignments:

Assignment 1, data

Assignment 2

Assignment 3

Assignment 4

Assignment 5

Notes:

Introduction

Introduction to Excel and SPSS

Sampling and Measurement

Descriptive Statistics, Slides

Descriptive Statistics 2 (PDF), Slides

Probability Distribution (PDF), Slides

Probability Distribution 2 (PDF), Slides

Point and Interval Estimation (PDF), Slides

Hypothesis Test: One-sample (PDF), Slides

Hypothesis Test: Two-sample (PDF), Slides

Hypothesis Test: Comparing Multiple Groups (ANOVA) (PDF), Slides

Cross tabulation and Chi-square Test (PDF), Slides

Scatterplot and Linear Association (PDF), Slides

Linear Regression (PDF), Slides

Multivariate Linear Regression (PDF), Slides

Regression Assumptions and Issues (PDF), Slides

Logistic Regression (PDF), Slides

Spatial Analysis, Slides

Choice of Statistical Methods

Textbook: Statistical Methods for Geography by Peter Rogerson, 2006

1) Answers to Questions in each chapter

Chapter 2, chapter 3, chapter 4, chapter 5

Chapter 6, chapter 7, chapter 8, chapter 9, chapter 10

2) Datasets

Mobile Phone Signal Strength in Erie County, NY

Housing Sales in Tyne and Wear

How to Download Census 2000 Summary Files 3

Step-by-step instructions on using Excel by University of Kansas ACS

Excel Introduction

Excel Charting

Excel Function and Data Analysis Tool

Excel Data Management

Useful Links:

SPSS website

SPSS Online Learning Resources by UCLA Academic Technology Services

E-academy

MS Office 2003-2007 Converter

UAlbany ITS classes on Excel and SPSS

SAS related links:

A SAS learning center by UCLA Academic Technology Services: class notes, learning modules, sample programs, SAS FAQs, web books on statistics using SAS…

SAS online manual: everything you need to know about SAS, search specific SAS commands...

SAS homepage: SAS products, news, join the SAS user mailing list…

Take a free SAS course by ITS: Introduction to SAS (Sept. 22, 9:30am)…

Various courses on Excel by ITS …

Readings:

The changing intrametropolitan location of high-poverty neighbourhoods in the US, 1990-2000

Authors: Cooke, Thomas; Marchant, Sarah

Source: Urban Studies, Volume 43, Number 11, October 2006, pp. 1971-1989(19)

Housing and ethnicity in the post-soviet city: Ust'-Kamenogorsk, Kazakhstan

Authors: Gentile, Michael; Tammaru, Tiit

Source: Urban Studies, Volume 43, Number 10, September 2006, pp. 1757-1778(22)

A Room of One’s Own: Housing Consumption and Residential Crowding in Transitional China