GEO 865 ADVANCED QUANTITATIVE METHODS IN GEOGRAPHY

Assigned Readings SECTION 2: 

M A Poole and P N O'Farrell 1971 "The Assumptions of the Linear Regression Model" Transactions of the IBG, v 52, p 145-158.

N Wrigley 1983 "Quantitative Methods: On Data and Diagnostics" Progress in Human Geography, Vol 7, No 4, p 567-577.

R Latham and M Yeates 1970 "Population Density Growth in Metropolitian Toronto" Geographical Analysis v 2, p 177-185.

R Briggs 1974 "A Model to Relate the Size of the Central Business District to the Population of a City" Geographical Analysis,  v 6, n 3, p 265-279.  You read the first part of this in section 1.

L Schroeder and D Sjoquist 1976 "Investigation of Population Density Gradients Using Trend Surface Analysis" Land Economics, v 52, p 382-392.  (This is the first in a set of four articles best read in order.)

J Barnbrock and D Greene 1977 "Investigation of Population Density Gradients Using Trend Surface Analysis: Comment" Land Economics, v 53, p 239-245.

J Jackson 1977 "Investigation of Population Density Gradients Using Trend Surface Analysis:  Comment" 
Land Economics, v 53, p 246-250.

L Schroeder and D Sjoquist 1977 "Investigation of Population Density Gradients Using Trend Surface Analysis:  Reply" Land Economics, v 53, p 251-252.


Optional Readings for Section II

J Odland. 1988. Spatial Autocorrelation. Sage Publications, Newbury Park, CA.  (Number 9 in the Scientific Geography Series.)

J O'Loughlin 1986 "Spatial Models of International Conflicts: Extending Current Theories of War Behavior" Annals of the AAG Vol 76, No 1 (March) p.63-80 (autocorrelation and multiple regression).

R Thomas and R Huggett 1980 Modelling in Geography, p 30-42 ("Functions"), see citation in Section I list.

M Brown 1982 "Modelling the Spatial Distribution of Suburban Crime" Economic Geography, v 58, n 3, p 247-261.

J Desbarats 1985 "Indochinese Resettlement in the United States"  Annals of the AAG Vol 75, No 4 (December) p. 522-538.

F Magilligan 1985 "Historical Floodplain Sedimentation in the Galena River Basin, Wisconsin and Illinois" 
Annals of the AAG Vol 75, No 4 (December) p. 583-594.

G Laber 1969 "Determinants of International Travel Between Canada and the United States" Geographical 
Analysis, v 1, p 329-336.

J Hidore 1963 "The Relationship between Cash Grain Farming and Land-forms" Economic Geography, v 38, p 84-89.

L Leopold, M Wolman, and J Miller 1964 Fluvial Processes in Geomorphology, W H Freeman and Co., 
San Francisco.  (See Chapter 5 "The Drainage Basin as a Geomorphic Unit").

M Oliver; R Webster; and J Gerrard 1989.  "Geostatistics in physical geography.  Part I: theory."  Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers, 14:259-269.

M Oliver; R Webster; and J Gerrard 1989.  "Geostatistics in physical geography.  Part II: applications."  Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers, 14:270-286.

W Kim and E Lyn.  1990.  "FDI Theories and the Performance of Foreign Multinationals Operating in the U.S." Journal of International Business Studies 21 (1) 41-54.

A Robinson, J Lindberg, and L Brinkman "A Correlation and Regression Analysis Applied to Rural Farm Poppulation Densities in the Great Plains" in Berry and Marble Spatial Analysis, p 290-300.

P Haggett "Regional and Local Components in the Distribution of Forested Areas in Southeast Brazil" in Berry and Marble, Spatial Analysis, p 313-325.

B Turner, R Hanham and A Portararo 1977 "Population Pressure and Agricultural Intensity" Annals of the AAG, v 67, p 384-396.

M Sanderson 1983 "Heating Degree Day Research in Alberta: Residents Conserve Natural Gas" Professional Geographer Vol 35, No 4 (November 1983) p.437-440.

C Lo and R Welsh 1977 "Chinese Urban Population Estimates" Annals of the AAG, v 67, p 256-253.

J McNulty 1977 "A Test of the Time Dimension in Economic Base Analysis" Land Economics, 53: 359-368.

K Willis 1975 "Regression Models of Migration" Geografiska Annaler, v 57B, p 42-54.

M Yeates "Some Factors Affecting the Spatial Distribution of Chicago Land Values, 1910-1960" Economic Geography, 41: 57-70.

J Hembd and C Infanger 1981 "An Application of Trend Surface Analysis to a Rural-Urban Land Market" 
Land Economics, 57: 303-322.

C Parker 1981 "Trend Surface and the Spatio-Temporal Analysis of Residential Land-use Intensity and 
Household Housing Expenditures" Land Economics, 57: 323-337.

M Yeates 1969 "A Note Concerning the Development of a Geographic Model of International Trade" Geographical Analysis, 1: 399-404.

K Easter 1977 "Improving Village Irrigation Systems:  An Example from India" Land Economics, 53: 56-66.

R Abler, J Adams and P Gould 1971 Spatial Organization, Prentice-Hall p 111-148.

R Chorley "The Application of Statistical Methods to Geomorphology" in Essays in Geomorphology, G Dury (ed) p 308-387 (especially 340-378).

W Isard 1960 Methods of Regional Analysis, Cambridge, MIT Press. (See Chapter 2 "Population Projection").

D Amedeo and R Golledge 1975 An Introduction to Scientific Reasoning in Geography, New York, John 
Wiley. (See Chapter 3 "Nature of Models").

L Moses and H Williamson Jr 1967 (May) "The Location of Economic Activity in Cities" American Economic 
Review, Papers and Proceedings, p 211-222.

J Kain 1968 (May) "Housing, Segregation, Negro Employment and Metropolitan Decentralization" The 
Quarterly Journal of Economics.

B Riddell 1975 "Regression Analysis of Aggregate Migration Data in the Third World" International 
Regional Science Review, 1: 95-101.

B Phillips 1972 "A Note on the Spatial Distribution of Umemployment by Occupation in 1968" Journal of 
Regional Science, 12: 295-298.

L Polissar and P Diehr 1982. "Regression Analysis in Health Services Research: The Use of Dummy Variables" Medical Care, v 20, n 9, pp 959-966.

P Sommers and D Suits 1973 "Analysis of Net Interstate Migration" The Southern Economic Journal, 40: 193-201 (use of Dummy Variables).

D Suits 1957 "Use of Dummy Variables in Regression Estimates" Journal of the American Statistical 
Association, 548-51.

P Marsden (ed) 1981 Linear Models in Social Reaearch, Beverly Hills, CA:  Sage Publications.

J Conrad and D LeBlanc 1979 "The Supply of Development Rights: Results from a Survey in 
Hadley, Massachusetts" Land Economics, 55: 269-276.

L Shabman and M Bertelson 1979 "The Use of Development Value Estimates for Coastal Wetland Permit Decisions" Land Economics, 55: 213-222.

P Colwell and C Sirmans 1978 "Area, Time, Centrality and the Value of Urban Land" Land Economics, 54: 514-519.

A MacEachren 1980 "Travel Time as the Basis of Cognitive Distance" Professional Geographer, 32: 30-36.

J Wolch 1980 "Residential Location of the Service-Dependent Poor" Annals of the AAG, 70: 330-341.

Mathematical Background for Section 2:

M Yeates 1974 An Introduction to Quantitative Analysis in Human Geography, McGraw-Hill.  Chapters 4 & 5.

P Taylor 1977 Quantitative Methods in Geography, Houghton-Mifflin.  Chapter 5.

L King 1969 Statistical Analysis in Geography, Prentice-Hall, Chapter 6.

H Blalock, Jr 1972 Social Statistics (Second ed), McGraw-Hill.  Chapters 17, 18, 19.

G Norcliffe 1977 Inferential Statistics for Geographers, New York:  Halsted.

R Till 1974 Statistical Methods of the Earth Scientist, New York:  Halsted.

N Draper and H Smith 1966 Applied Regression Analysis, New York: John Wiley (This is a classic!).

R Pindyck and D Rubinfeld 1977 Econometric Models and Economic Forecasts, New York:  McGraw-Hill.  Chapters 1-4.

N Oppenheim 1980 Applied Models in Urban and Regional Analysis, Prentice-Hall.  Chapter 7.

Many other statistics, econometric, and mathematics texts are available for this material.



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