Spatial Statistics: What’s so HOT about Spatial Pattern Analysis?http://blogs.esri.com/Dev/blogs/geoprocessing/archive/2009/05/04/Spatial-Statistics_3A00_-What_1920_s-so-HOT-about-Spatial-Pattern-Analysis_3F00_.aspxThis blog post was written by Lauren Scott, Geoprocessing/Spatial Statistics Product Engineer in the Software Products Group at ESRI in Redlands. Hot Spot Analysis is just one of the pattern analysis tools in the Spatial Statistics Toolbox.You can useenCommunityServer 2.1 SP2 (Debug Build: 61120.2)re: Spatial Statistics: What’s so HOT about Spatial Pattern Analysis?http://blogs.esri.com/Dev/blogs/geoprocessing/archive/2009/05/04/Spatial-Statistics_3A00_-What_1920_s-so-HOT-about-Spatial-Pattern-Analysis_3F00_.aspx#5826Mon, 11 May 2009 13:07:19 GMTb60b3f0a-e2bd-4be5-8a18-822c697649ab:5826SOU-GIS<p>I have read this and the article &quot;Answering Why Questions&quot; on spatial statistics in ArcGIS and I am left with another &quot;how&quot; question. How can someone run a simple correlation between two raster data sets? I have two spatial raster fields I would like to know what the correlation is and can not seem to find anything other than a convoluted map algebra statement and it keeps failing me. Any ideas?</p>