The course equips students with adequate knowledge on the quantitative and statistical tools currently applied in Geography. Emphasis is on the understanding of the tools as well as their application to geographical phenomena. A substantial number of models, conceptual frameworks and descriptive and inferential techniques useful in geographical studies will be covered. This course provides an introduction to quantitative methods used by geographers to analyze and interpret geographic data and solve geographic problems. Topics include descriptive statistics, hypothesis formulation and testing, sampling strategies, correlation, regression, and spatial patterns. Examples will be drawn from temporal and spatial relationships in physical and human geography. Through this course, students will have a basic understanding of quantitative methods used by geographers and will be able to analyze and interpret geographic data and solve geographic problems from the statistical perspective.

Objective: To equip students with quantitative and statistical techniques to analyse geo-spatial data.