URBS 502—Analytical Methods

 

The notes for this section are based on

  • DANDEKAR, H.  2003.  “Ch. 4.  Analytical Methods in Planning,” in The Planner’s Use of Information, 2nd Ed.  Chicago, IL:  Planners Press.

 

Preliminary Considerations

  • Space, scale, and boundaries
  • Measurement
    • Precision (measure is recorded carefully)
    • Accuracy (measure without systematic bias)
    • Validity (measures the phenomenon it is supposed to be measuring)
    • Reliability (categories of measurement change little over time)
  • Types of measurement
    • Nominal
    • Ordinal
    • Interval/ratio or continuous

 

Statistics

  • Measures of Central Tendency
    • Mode
    • Mean
    • Median
  • Measures of Dispersion
    • Range
    • Interquartile range (IQR)
    • Variance & standard deviation
    • Coefficient of determination (CV)
  • Sampling
    • Spatial sampling
      • Simple random point
      • Traverse sampling
  • Probability (based on normal distribution)
    • Point estimate
    • Confidence interval
  • Inferential Statistics (based on null hypothesis)
    • t-Test
    • Regression analysis
  • Modeling
    • Deterministic (outcome is determined based on characteristics and surroundings)
    • Stochastic (includes possibility of unforeseen events)
    • Analytical Models
      • Demographic models
        • Growth models and extrapolation
        • Population pyramids and cohort-component analysis
        • Diversity and segregation
          • Gini coefficient
          • Lorenz curve
      • Economic Models
        • Location quotients
        • Shift/Share analysis
        • Base Multipliers
      • Transportation—UTMS (Urban Transportation Model System)
          • Trip generation
          • Trip distribution
          • Modal choice
          • Network assignment

 

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© 2006 A.J.Filipovitch
Revised 6 January 2010