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Spatial Statistics Resources

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We’ve created a new resources page that we’ll be using to provide the latest resources and news. You can still use http://esriurl.com/spatialstats to get there, or access it directly at https://spatialstats.github.io/. If you have this blog post bookmarked, you may want to update it to the new site so that you don’t miss out on new resources!

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Whenever we look at a map, we inherently start turning that map into information by finding patterns, assessing trends, or making decisions. Spatial statistics empowers you to answer questions confidently and make important decisions using more than simple visual analysis. Below are resources that will help you learn more. If you have questions or awesome analysis stories, there is a Spatial Statistics Forum on GeoNet — We’d love to hear from you!

Does spatial analysis exhilarate you?  Do you find solving tough problems thrilling?  If you said yes, we are looking for a few people just like you! Come join our passionate team of hard working and close-knit developers and product engineers working to advance space-time data exploration and analysis techniques.  Check out our job postings here!

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An updated Space Time Cube Explorer Add-in for ArcGIS Pro 2.0 is now available

The Add-in can help you interact with and explore your space-time cube and analysis results created with the Space Time Pattern Mining toolbox in a simple and intuitive way.  This update includes many new features and enhancements such as the ability to output 3D polygons from a defined locations cube and enhanced time and range slider settings.

You can download the Add-in at www.esriurl.com/SpaceTimeCubeExplorer.

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Presentations from the User Conference
  • Using Spatial Statistics to do More: Simple Approaches (2017 Video, 2017 PDF)
  • Spatial Data Mining I: Essentials of Cluster Analysis (2017 Video, 2017 PDF)
  • Spatial Data Mining II: A Deep Dive into Space-Time Analysis (2017 Video, 2017 PDF)
  • Beyond Where: Modeling Spatial Relationships Using Regression Analysis (VideoPDF)
  • Applying Spatial Statistics: The Analysis Process in Action (Video)

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Brand new to spatial statistics?
Start here → 
  1. Spatial Statistics: Simple Ways to Do More with Your Data (VideoPDF, 2015 UC slides)
  2. Spatial Data Mining: A Deep Dive into Cluster Analysis (VideoPDF, 2015 UC slides)
  3. Hot Spot Analysis for ArcGIS 10.1 (Tutorial)
  4. Beyond Where: Modeling Spatial Relationships Using Regression Analysis (VideoPDF)
  5. Beyond Where: Using Regression Analysis to Explore Why (Tutorial)
 
Now that you have the essentials, dive deeper!
Summarize Use descriptive statistics to explore your data
  • Spatial Statistics: Simple Ways to Do More with Your Data (VideoPDF)
  • Spatial Distribution of Piracy (Video)
  • Spatial Pattern Analysis of Dengue Fever (Video)
 
Find clusters  Discover hot spots, cold spots and outliers 
  • Spatial Data Mining: A Deep Dive into Cluster Analysis (VideoPDF)
  • Analyzing violent crime (Tutorial)
  • Investigating Medicare spending using Hot Spot Analysis (Tutorial)
  • Hot Spot Analysis Tutorial for ArcGIS 10.1 (Tutorial)
  • Hot Spot Analysis Tutorial for ArcGIS 10.0 (Tutorial)
  • Spatial Pattern Analysis of Dengue Fever (Tutorial)
  • Spatial Statistics ModelBuilder Tutorial for ArcGIS 10 (Tutorial)
  • Hot Spot Analysis Part 1 (Video
  • Hot Spot Analysis Part 2 (Video)
  • Hot Spot Analysis Part 3 (Video)
 
Model relationships  Explore the question “why?” and make predictions
  • Answering WHY Questions, An Introduction to using regression analysis with spatial data (Article)
  • Beyond Where: Modeling Spatial Relationships Using Regression Analysis (VideoPDF)
  • Regression Analysis Basics (Online Documentation)
  • What they don’t tell you about regression analysis (Online Documentation)
  • Regression Analysis in ArcGIS 10 (Tutorial)
  • Regression Analysis in ArcGIS 9.3/9.3.1 (Tutorial)
Space Time Pattern Mining Identify trends and analyze changes in patterns over time
  • Space Time Pattern Mining: A New Frontier in Spatial Analysis live training seminar.
  • The Space Time Cube Explorer Add-in for ArcGIS Pro enhances the way you can interact with and explore your space-time cubes with preset symbology, range sliders and time sliders. For Pro 1.3, 1.4 or 1.4.1  For Pro 2.0
  • Analyze traffic accident patterns over time (Story Map)
Tips and tricks  Pro tips you should know
 
Putting it all together Walk through a real analysis from start to finish 
  • (New!) Analyze traffic accident patterns (Story Map)
  • A smart site selection scenario using Hot Spot Analysis, Similarity Search and other analytical methods (Tutorial)
  • Understanding the geography of online lending (Story Map)
  • (New!) Use Exploratory Regression and Grouping Analysis to investigate and explore literacy rates in Africa (Tutorial)
  • Investigating disparities in breast cancer rates (Tutorials)
  • Applying Spatial Statistics: The Analysis Process in Action (VideoPDF)
  • Spatial Statistics Best Practices:  From Hot Spot Analysis all the way through Regression Analysis (Video)
  • Applying GWR in Real Estate Analysis.  An example from Marquette, Michigan. (Article) 
 
Articles and blogs 
 
Integrating  ArcGIS and R
Model and script tools
 
Read more  Our suggested book list 
  • Mitchell, Andy. The ESRI Guide to GIS Analysis, Volume 2 ESRI Press, 2005.
  • Fotheringham, Stewart A., Chris Brunsdon, and Martin Charlton. Geographically Weighted Regression: the analysis of spatially varying relationships. John Wiley & Sons, 2002.
  • David, John C. Statistics and Data Analysis in Geology. John Wiley & Sons, 1973.
 
 

Resources last updated July 28, 2017.

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