Berry B.J.L., Marble D.F. (eds.) Spatial Analysis: A Reader in Statistical Geography

Englewood Cliffs: Prentice-Hall, 1968. – 512 p.Spatial Analysis: A Reader in Statistical Geography, by Brian J. L. Berry and Duane F. Marble, contains a selection of the most significant and recent work in the field of statistical geography. It is specifically concerned with the geographical uses of statistical methods for spatial analysis. In a field where most of the important advances have occurred quite recently, and where the latest literature may be difficult to obtain, the authors have assembled a representative collection of the most current and creative work available and have made it readily accessible to everyone concerned with this vital new science. One of the characteristics of a rapidly developing area of research is that individual papers quickly become outdated as new studies emerge. Therefore, the authors believe that the true importance of the studies contained in this volume lies, not in the individual problems they describe, but in the methods of analysis they employ. It is to illustrate these methods that they have collected the most outstanding articles dealing with methodology, spatial data and statistics, regionalization, and problems in the analysis of spatial distributions and association and presented them in this book. Spatial Analysis: A Reader in Statistical Geography goes beyond the standard statistical book by providing the reader with concrete examples of the way conventional inference statistics may be applied to the field of geography. It explores the special problems of statistical analysis with relation to geography rather than confining itself to a general description of procedures and proofs.