Introduction

This book contains the R version of the GeoDa Workbook developed by Luc Anselin. It accompanies the Introduction to Spatial Data Science course taught at the University of Chicago. Each chapter was originally developed as a standalone lab tutorial for one week of the class. As a result, it is possible to work through a single chapter on its own, though we recommend going from the beginning to the end.

Disclaimer

This book is still actively under development and may not work for you when you access it. For versions of the lab notebooks that have been tested and are not undergoing changes, please see the Tutorials page on our Spatial Analysis with R website.

Using This Book

We have developed an R data package (geodaData) to use along with this book, so you can work through through the exercises immediately. To install it, run the following in your R console:

install.packages("geodaData")

Who This Book Is For

We assume that workshop attendees have used RStudio and are familiar with the basics of R. If you need a refresher, this R for Social Scientists tutorial developed by Data Carpentry is a good place to start. Additionally, Luc Anselin’s introductory R lab notes can be found on the CSDS Tutorials page.

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