Statistical Methods for Geography: A Student’s Guide

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I am not writing this review to devalue Dr. Rogerson, or his book. It certainly does contain all of the requisite information a student needs to gain a foundational understanding of statistics, but it has many shortcomings that I would like to address.Firstly, do NOT buy the kindle edition of this book. I have seen some good e-books on Amazon over the years, but this is not one of them. The pages cut off abruptly and in spots, the tables and figures are small and difficult to read and the formatting makes much of the content hard to decipher. I have played around with my Kindle options, but I have never found that magic spot where this book reads well. This indicates to me, that this book was never optimized to be used as an electronic textbook in the first place.My second complaint is one of style. Perhaps some people like reading long paragraphs of text and information to make sense of a concept, but for statistics, I do not like that. This book is long-winded, and is 90% text. When variables are introduced they are introduced as text, buried in the middle of paragraphs. When sample problems are discussed, they are discussed in paragraphs. There are few visual aids, bulleted lists or isolation of concepts. If I am trying to understand the basics of a math problem, then I want to see that problem worked - step by step. I don't want to read three paragrahs of text about the problem, without any equations or simple explanations. It is beyond frustrating, especially when you combine it with the readibility issues of the kindle version.So for these reasons, I can only give this book 2 stars. It is a shame too, because there is good information here, but it is just too painful to access.

Tables in the appendixes are just blurring, do not expect to only use it without assistance (for example google) for homework.

The content in this book is, for the most part, well designed. There are some problems that have no mention or no examples and those can be difficult to figure out. However, my complaint is mostly towards the quality. My book is literally falling apart. There are pages and pages coming out and I do handle it carefully. I'm not sure if I just got unlucky, but this has been very frustrating because this book wasn't THAT cheap and I thought it would be a nice future resource after my course.

I found the book to be a solid, approachable introduction to the field; presently it's the book I recommend for students interested in learning about statistics.

I would not buy this book from them. It is a made of different material than everyone else's book in my class and it is falling apart. When I write in the book and erase, the letters erase with it. WHAT? Seriously. I paid $50 for this book for it to last and I've had it for maybe 3 weeks. Are you kidding me. Never again.