Students will be familiarized with the basic regional science information data sources, with the methods of data collection and processing. Attention is especially given to the analytical data processing by using basic statistical methods. The course is practically oriented and puts emphasis on working with real data. During the semester students developed a case study for the specified region, which will be presented separately at the end. Analytic softwares as MS-Excel and IBM SPSS will be in use during the course.
Literature
ANSELIN, L. Local indicators of spatial association - LISA. Geographical Analysis 27(2), 1995.
Advised literature
ANSELIN, L. Spatial Econometrics: Methods and Models. Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1988.
GETIS, A., ORD, J., K. The Analysis of Spatial Association by Use of Distance Statistics, Geographical Analysis, 1992, 24, 189-206.