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Includes references(635-636 p.)

Rebert J Stimson 1 Introduction

A SPATIALLY INTEGRATED SOCIAL SCIENCE APPROACH

Rebert J Stimson 13 A spatially integrated social science approach

Michael F.Goodchild. Donald G. Janelle and Karl Grossner 26 Critical Spatial Thinking

Donald G. Janelle 43 Time- space Convergence

SETTING UP YOUR RESEARCH

Rebert J Stimson 63 Approach

Kevin O' Connor 76 The Literature review: the Fundamental element of a research project

DATA SOURCE, DATA COLLECTION AND INFORMATION GENERATION

Rebert J Stimson 89 Issues to do with data

Graeme Hugo 103 Using Census data:an Australian Example

Rebert J Stimson 124 Survey research methods

Mark Western 150 Using Quantitative data in the social sciences

Phillip O'Neill and Pauline McGuirk 177 Qualitative methods in socio-spatial research

Andrew Beer and Debbıe Faulkner 192 How to use prımary and Secondary data

Tony Sorensen 210 Forecastıng ın Socıal scıence Research

Jacques Poot 236 Meta-analysıs of prevıous empırıcal research fındıngs

RESEASRCH TOOLS AND TECHNIQUES AND APPLICATION

Tung- Kaı Shy Imran Azeezullah,Irfan Azeezullah Robert J,Stimon and Alan T Murray 265 Classification for Visualizing data

Marin Watts 287 Spatial Indexes: a focus on Segregation

Kingsley E Haynes and Jitendra Parajuli 315 Shift-share Analysis: Decomposition of spatially integrated system

William Mitchell 345 Spatial Econometric Modelling

Roger R. Stough 378 Spatial Clustering: Issues and Methods for identifying industry clusters

Martin Bell and Dominic Brown 403 Analyzing Spatial interactions: inter-regional migration flows

Jonathan Corcoran and Chris Brunsdan 436 Using circular statistics to analyse spatial flow temporal data

Galina Daraganova and Philippa Pattison 459 Analyzing Human Social networks

Rod McCrea 489 Modelling affects of intervening variable using path analysis

Prem Chhetri and Robert J Stinson 511 Merging Survey and Spatial data Using GIS-enabled analysis and modelling

Tung-Kai Shyy. Lorraine Mazerolle, Kate Riseley and Robert Jstimson 535 Web-based GIS to support Visualizations and analysis of Community

Ann Harding and Robert 560 Policy and People at the small-area level Usıng Microsimulation to create synthetıc spatıal data

Davıd Rohde and Jonathan Corcoran 578 Graphıcal Models and bayesıan networks as a spatıal analytıcal tool

PRODUCING RESEARCHING OUTPUT

Brıan W. Head 603 Research and its policy relevance

Rebecca Wickes and Tara McGee 617 Navigating a Successful Doctoral Research experience

637 Index