Geography 370 Quantitative Methods

Introduction: The focus of this lab is using probability and Z-scores to investigate housing foreclosures in Dane County, WI between the years 2011 and 2012. For this scenario, I have been hired by an independent research consortium to spatially analyze foreclosures in Dane County. The group is concerned about the number of foreclosures and would like to see if a similar trend will occur in he following years.  The specific research questions for this project are  "Where have foreclosures occurred in 2011 and 2012?" and more specifically "What changes and spatial patterns can be observed in the foreclosure rate between the two years" ?    Figure 1 Location of Study Area in Wisconsin Data:   The data used in this project is census tract data for Dane County Wisconsin. Within the data are the foreclosure numbers per census tract for the years 2011 and 2012 Methodology:  This project usevariety of statistical and cartographic an...

Purpose: The purpose of this assignment is to practice using a variety of statistical methods and computer programs in real world scenarios. The first scenario involves analyzing test scores for two high schools in Eau Claire, Wisconsin to determine whether or not the school's teaching methods are effective. The second scenario involves using population data to find the Geographic and Population Mean centers for the state of Wisconsin. Scenario 1. I have been given a series of test scores to analyze by the Eau Claire Area School District. Traditionally one high school, Eau Claire Memorial, has had higher scores that the other school, Eau Claire North. This has led some to believe that the teaching methods at Eau Claire North are inferior and that Teachers who's students have lower scores should be fired. It is my job to use a variety of statistical methods to determine if this is the case The statistical methods used in this analysis are as follows Mean: The mean is ...