SUBJECT

Title

Geomathematics

Type of instruction

lecture

Level

master

Part of degree program
Credits

2

Recommended in

Semester 1

Typically offered in

Autumn semester

Course description

The subject is the direct sequel to the B.Sc. subject called Environmental calculations. In the first half of the semester the basic knowledge about data analysis is expanded, with special emphasis put on hypothesis-testing,regression analysis, basics of time series analysis (trend, periodicity, forecasting). Ultimately the handling of missing data and its imputation is learned.

In the second half of the semester, multivariate data analysis is the main topic (variance-, cluster, principal component analyses) taught through environmental examples

Readings
  • Rogerson, P. (2014): Statistical methods for geography. 4th edition. Sage, London, 424 p.
  • Davis, J. C., Sampson, R. J. (2002): Statistics and data analysis in geology. Wiley, New York, 656 p.
  • McBride, Graham B. (2005): Using statistical methods for water quality management: issues, problems and solutions. Wiley, New York, 344 p.