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Exploratory analysis of neighbourhood data. Census and administrative data. Lecture overview *Change to Census Registration System* Objectives of lecture Introductory questions Exploratory (spatial) data analysis Neighbourhood Statistics CASWEB/CommonGIS.
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Census and administrative data • Lecture overview *Change to Census Registration System* Objectives of lecture Introductory questions Exploratory (spatial) data analysis Neighbourhood Statistics CASWEB/CommonGIS
Objectives • To review the principles of exploratory data analysis • To examine tools for exploratory spatial analysis of neighbourhood data • (Not using the Neighbourhood Statistics Service) • (Not Using GIS software) • Using CASWEB/CommonGIS
Introductory questions… What is exploratory spatial data analysis? How might it apply to neighbourhood data? Which tools should I use?
NeSS thematic mapping Owner occupation: wards
NeSS thematic mapping • Conventional choropleth (shaded area) mapping • One variable at a time • Little control over class breaks • No interactivity • No linked plots
Exploratory spatial data analysis • Spatial pattern detection • Hypothesis formulation • Some aspects of spatial model fitting • Specifically: • What makes neighbourhoods different? • Why might these patterns be present? • Can we explain/predict the observed relationships?
Data management philosophy rather than data exploration Sophisticated spatial data manipulation Few statistical and analytical tools Cartographic rather than statistical approach to mapping Less interactivity Rarely offering dynamically linked plots Why not use GIS?
CommonGIS window Hampshire wards
Calculation of new variables Selecting home ownership (outright, buying)
Interactive thematic mapping Home ownership
Neighbourhood ESDA • Spatial patterns and statistical distributions: • Univariate patterns • Multivariate patterns • EDA focus on level, shape, spread, outliers
CommonGIS display wizard • Select 1 or more variables to visualise • Map(s) and/or chart(s) • Explore spatial distributions and attribute relationships • Linked windows • Interactive data exploration
Linked windows Home ownership vs no car
Alternative visualizations Home ownership vs no car
Cross-classification Home ownership vs no car
Assignment • Run Casweb/CommonGIS • Work through the tutorial • Use a study area bigger than, but containing, your original neighbourhood • Investigate how your neighbourhood fits into the local pattern • Use 1- and 2- variable measures
Lecture summary • Exploratory spatial data analysis • Relevance to understanding the complex pattern of neighbourhood identities • Introduction to the CommonGIS tool for exploring and visualising census data • Assignment