TY - BOOK AU - Chun,Yongwan AU - Griffith,Daniel A. TI - Spatial statistics & geostatistics: theory and applications for geographic information science & technology T2 - SAGE advances in geographic information science and technology SN - 9781446201732 (hbk.) U1 - 910.285 22 PY - 2013/// CY - Los Angeles PB - SAGE KW - Geospatial data KW - Spatial analysis (Statistics) N1 - "GIST"; Includes bibliographical references (p. [169]-173) and index; Introduction -- Spatial autocorrelation -- Spatial sampling -- Spatial composition and configuration -- Spatially adjusted regression and related spatial econometrics -- Local statistics: hot and cold spots -- Analyzing spatial variance and covariance with geostatistics and related techniques -- Methods for spatial interpolation in two dimensions -- More advanced topics in spatial statistics N2 - Its focus is on spatial statistics as a distinct form of statistical analysis and it includes computer components for ArcGIS, R, SAS, and WinBUGS. The teaching and learning objective of the text is to illustrate the use of basic spatial statistics, geostatistics and the spatial filtering techniques used in all the relevant programs and software ER -