Introduction to Statistics for Geographers and Earth Scientists

Front Matter....Pages i-viii
The Aims of Statistics....Pages 1-3
Types of Numerical Data....Pages 4-8
Populations and Samples....Pages 9-24
Probability and Randomness....Pages 25-37
Frequency Distributions....Pages 38-50
Measures of Central Tendency....Pages 51-60
Measures of Dispersion and Skewness....Pages 61-71
The Binomial and Poisson Distributions....Pages 72-84
The Normal and Log-Normal Distributions....Pages 85-114
Hypothesis Testing: An Introduction....Pages 115-122
One-Sample Tests Based on Z and t....Pages 123-145
Interval Estimation Based on Z and t....Pages 146-150
Paired-Sample Tests Based on t and W....Pages 151-163
Two-Sample Tests Based on F, t and U....Pages 164-188
Chi-Square Tests....Pages 189-217
The Binomial Test and Lilliefors’ Test....Pages 218-225
The Product-Moment Coefficient of Correlation....Pages 226-257
The Interpretation of Correlation Coefficients....Pages 258-278
Linear Regression....Pages 279-301
Confidence Limits and Significance Tests for Sample Regression Lines....Pages 302-323
Back Matter....Pages 324-349