The Third Edition of this bestselling student favorite has again been revised and updated to provide an expert introduction to the principal methods and techniques needed to understand a statistics module. Features new to this edition include:

• further introductory material;
• updated exercises and illustrative examples;
• updated downloadable datasets

Statistical Methods is required reading for undergraduate modules in statistical analysis, statistical methods, and quantitative geography.

Preface Preface to the Second Edition Preface to the Third Edition Chapter 1: Introduction to Statistical Methods for Geography Chapter 2: Descriptive Statistics Chapter 3: Probability and Discrete Probability Distributions Chapter 4: Continuous Probability Distributions and Probability Models Chapter 5: Inferential Statistics: Confidence Intervals, Hypothesis Testing and Sampling Chapter 6: Analysis of Variance Chapter 7: Correlation Chapter 8: Introduction to Regression Analysis Chapter 9: More on Regression Chapter 10: Spatial Patterns Chapter 11: Data Reduction: Factor Analysis and Cluster Analysis Chapter 12: Epilogue Appendix A Statistical Tables Table A.1 Random Digits Table A.2 Normal Distribution Table A.3 Student?s t-Distribution Table A.4 Cumulative t-Distribution Table A.5 Distribution Table A.6 Distribution Appendix B Mathematical Conventions and Notation B.1 Mathematical Conventions B.2 Mathematical Notation Appendix C Review and Extension of Some Probability Theory