[sustran] Re: Statistics for planning

[John Renne]

I don't know of any that are written specifically for urban and 
transportation planning, but if anyone else does, I would love to know as 
well.

Last year I helped tutor a course in Planning Methods at the University of 
Colorado.  We used a book called 'Statistics: A Tool for Social Research' 
written by Joseph F. Healey.

It's pretty much a basic introductory book that ends with multiple 
regression. The good thing about it is that each chapter has SPSS exercises 
at the back which helps students to learn how to use this program, which can 
be useful.

You might also want to check 'Quantitative Data Analysis for Social 
Scientists' by Alan Bryman and Duncan Cramer. It also talks about SPSS.

Hope this helps,

John Renne
Visiting Scholar
Institute for Sustainability and Technology Policy (ISTP)
Murdoch University
Perth, Western Australia


>From: Mohsin Sarker <mohsin_jp at yahoo.com>
>Reply-To: sustran-discuss at jca.ax.apc.org
>To: sustran-discuss at jca.ax.apc.org
>Subject: [sustran] Statistics for planning
>Date: Thu, 7 Jun 2001 15:41:08 -0700 (PDT)
>
>Hello
>
>I am looking for a good book on statistics written
>especially for urban and transportation planning. Can
>anyone suggest any?
>
>Mohsin
>Japan
>
>__________________________________________________
>Do You Yahoo!?
>Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail - only $35
>a year!  http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/

_________________________________________________________________
Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com