Preface ix // Acknowledgements xi // Part I Introduction and project definition 1 // Chapter 1 Introduction to data analysis and statistics in geography 3 // Chapter 2 The nature of geographical data 10 // Chapter 3 Data collection: populations and samples 24 // Chapter 4 Inputting geographical data on to the computer 43 // Part II Statistical analysis I 69 // Chapter 5 Descriptive statistics 71 // Chapter 6 Frequency distributions 94 // Chapter 7 Bivariate and multivariate frequency 120 // distributions: cross-tabulation and scattergrams // Part III Statistical analysis II 149 // Chapter 8 An introduction to hypothesis testing 151 // Chapter 9 An overview of probability distributions 164 // Chapter 10 Inferential statistics: univariate, single-sample tests 184 // Chapter 11 Inferential statistics: univariate tests for two or more samples 225 // Part IV Statistical analysis III 275 // Chapter 12 Analysis of relationships: correlation 277 // Chapter 13 Analysis of causation: regression 317 // Chapter 14 Spatial statistics 344 // Chapter 15 Summary of exemplar projects and 386 // conclusions // v Appendices // Appendix I Village communities project questionnaire 399 // Appendix II Random digits 402 // Appendix III Details of the project datasets 403 // Appendix IV Statistical tables 426 // References and selected bibliography 439 // Index 443