Geography 3235A: Quantitative Models for Geographical Analysis

Spring  2011

Lectures: Tuesday/Thursday 4:30-5:45, University Hall C-610

Lab Wednesday 12:00-14:50 University Hall E-630


Instructors: Ian MacLachlan / Jacqueline Montain/ Dan Koenig
Offices:       UH B872          / UH C755                /WE2053
E-Mails: maclachlan@uleth.ca / j.montain@uleth.ca / dan.koenig@uleth.ca
Phones: (403) 329-2076       / 329-2486               /329-4044

Course Outline
Course Objectives

Lecture Links

 

Too Fast Link removed. Please use regular course evaluation.

 

WebCT (link for student to check iClicker points)

 

Required reading links

 

Coursepack Reading - Revised on March 17, 2011

 

Could the 2011 Census be the last for the United Kingdom?

 

Documentation for Lab 4 – Cohort survival

 

Sample Test

 

Constrained Gravity Model pdf

Errata in Klosterman (1990)

Formulas: things that you need not remember

 

Canadian population data sources:

Lethbridge 2010 Municipal Census (by area, sex and age cohort)

Lethbridge Population Projection (by Urban Futures)

Canada Population Projection, 2009-2036 - Statistics Canada

National Population Projection  (2003-2075) - Office of the Chief Actuary, Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions Canada

Alberta male life table 2000-2002

Alberta female life table 2000-2002

Statistics Canada

E-Stat (educational link to Statistics Canada sources, requires username)

     E-Stat Cansim User Guide (pdf)

Other Resources

 

“Immigrants’ perspectives on their first four years in Canada” by Grant Schellenberg and Hélène Maheux Canadian Social Trends

 

Community Economic Analysis: A How To Manual (North Central Regional Center for Rural Development and the University of Wisconsin-Extension, Madison, 1993 revision)

 

Market Research Handbook (Statistics Canada 20085).

 

The Web Book of Regional Science

 

Lorenz Curve & Gini Demonstration

 

Least Squares Demonstration (using Excel)

Linked from “Let's Put the Squares in Least-Squares” courtesy of: Erhan Erkut and Armann Ingolfsson
Faculty of Business, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2R6, Canada

 

Location Quotient Calculator, U.S. Department of Labor

 

City of Lethbridge

     2009 Annual Report

Alberta Capital Finance Authority

 

Links to similar courses:

       Florida State: Forecasting for Plan Development

       University of Michigan: Quantitative Planning Methods

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