Nigel Walford has taught Geographical Information Systems courses at Kingston University for 12 years and previously worked in the Data Archive at Essex University. He graduated from the University of Sussex and did his postgraduate work at the University of London. His thematic research interests relate mainly to rural issues and include agriculture, land use planning and population. Recent book publications include Geographical Data Analysis and Reshaping the Countryside: Perceptions and Processes of Rural Change as well as several journal articles in Health and Place, Geography, Planning Practice and Research, Applied Geography and International Journal of Population Geography.

• Partial table of contents: The Nature of Geographical Data. Inputting Geographical Data on to the Computer. STATISTICAL ANALYSIS I. Descriptive Statistics. STATISTICAL ANALYSIS II. An Introduction to Hypothesis Testing. An Overview of Probability Distributions. STATISTICAL ANALYSIS III. Spatial Statistics. Appendices. References and Selected Bibliography. Index.

Nigel Walford has taught Geographical Information Systems courses at Kingston University for 12 years and previously worked in the Data Archive at Essex University. He graduated from the University of Sussex and did his postgraduate work at the University of London. His thematic research interests relate mainly to rural issues and include agriculture, land use planning and population. Recent book publications include Geographical Data Analysis and Reshaping the Countryside: Perceptions and Processes of Rural Change as well as several journal articles in Health and Place, Geography, Planning Practice and Research, Applied Geography and International Journal of Population Geography.

• Partial table of contents: The Nature of Geographical Data. Inputting Geographical Data on to the Computer. STATISTICAL ANALYSIS I. Descriptive Statistics. STATISTICAL ANALYSIS II. An Introduction to Hypothesis Testing. An Overview of Probability Distributions. STATISTICAL ANALYSIS III. Spatial Statistics. Appendices. References and Selected Bibliography. Index.

Nigel Walford has taught Geographical Information Systems courses at Kingston University for 12 years and previously worked in the Data Archive at Essex University. He graduated from the University of Sussex and did his postgraduate work at the University of London. His thematic research interests relate mainly to rural issues and include agriculture, land use planning and population. Recent book publications include Geographical Data Analysis and Reshaping the Countryside: Perceptions and Processes of Rural Change as well as several journal articles in Health and Place, Geography, Planning Practice and Research, Applied Geography and International Journal of Population Geography.

• Partial table of contents: The Nature of Geographical Data. Inputting Geographical Data on to the Computer. STATISTICAL ANALYSIS I. Descriptive Statistics. STATISTICAL ANALYSIS II. An Introduction to Hypothesis Testing. An Overview of Probability Distributions. STATISTICAL ANALYSIS III. Spatial Statistics. Appendices. References and Selected Bibliography. Index.