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Spatial Dependence
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Learning Module: Spatial Dependence

Learning Objectives

  • What does Tobler's First Law state about spatial data?
  • How can spatial dependence be measured?
  • How are geostatistics and spatial dependence fundamentally linked?
  • What analysis and interpolation techniques can be used on spatially dependent data?
Teaching resources: 

Spatial Analysis with GeoDa: Spatial Autocorelation

Geography
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Plant Distribution - Slope and Aspect

Biology
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Relevant links: 

Introduction to Spatial Data Analysis

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Identifying Disease Clusters

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Mapping the 1854 Broad Street Pump Outbreak

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Related spatial concepts: 
center
spatial autocorrelation