Geostatistics 1900-1-GSTAT-G
The main objectives of the course are: to acquire knowledge of the fundamental concepts geostatistcs, to become familiar with standard statistical techniques with applications for spatial analysis.
The elements of classical statistics – scales of measurements, descriptive statistics, presenting data, the basis of statistical testing, parametric and nonparametric tests, analysis of variance, correlation and regression, a review of multivariate methods. The introduction to the geostatistical analysis, spatial autocorrelation, spatial interpolation methods, semivariograms and kriging, the analysis of spatial pattern, landscape metrics (software: ArcGIS Spatial Analyst, MS Excel, STATISTICA).
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Learning outcomes
Students will obtain skills: use and choice of proper statistical procedures, make interpolation maps using various methods, compute and interpret landscape indicators.
Assessment criteria
Final written exam and assessed exercises
Bibliography
Longley P.A., Goodchild M.F., Maguire D.J., Rhind D.W. 2005. Geographic Information Systems and Science, 2ed ed. John Wiley & Sons.
Walford, N. 2011. Practical Statistics for Geographers and Earth Scientists. John Wiley & Sons.
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