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Evaluation Research
This chapter focuses on evaluation research, which is frequently used in planning and public policy. Evaluation research is often divided into two...
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Statistical Analysis
The era of big data requires planners and public workers to equip themselves with basic statistical methods. This session introduces basic tools of...
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Transportation Planning Analysis
Transportation planning process is complex and requires a significant amount of data and analysis. This chapter briefly introduces the key analytical...
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Data Presentation
This chapter explores several issues related to data manipulation and presentation. Planners deal with spatial data and need to understand the...
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Applied Research Methods in Urban and Regional Planning
This book introduces the fundamentals of research methods and how they apply to the discipline of urban and regional planning. Written at a level...
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Qualitative Data Analysis
After introducing basic statistical methods analyzing quantitative data this chapter turns to analyzing qualitative data, such as open-ended survey...
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Research Design
This chapter introduces methods to design the research. Research design is the blueprint of how to conduct research from conception to completion. It...
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Research Methods and the Planning Process
This chapter introduces the definition of research methods, and how they relate to the urban and regional planning process. Although there are...
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Housing Analysis
This chapter delves into one of the most important sectors in an economy and in planning, housing. Housing has significant impact on the household,...
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Demographic Analysis
Demographic analyses methods are for population studies, which constitute the basis of urban planning. This chapter distinguishes between...
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Environmental Analysis
People should consider the impacts of urban growth on the environment and growth should be paced out compatible with the physical and biological...
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Urban Land Use Analysis
This chapter introduces concepts and methods for land use analyses, including land use classification systems, land use inventory and compatibility...
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Identifying the Research Problem
The first step of conducting research is identifying a researchable problem. This chapter explains the procedures to identify the research problem....
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Communicating the Research Findings
Communicating the research findings is as critical as the procedure of conducting research from inception to completion. This chapter introduces...
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Data Collection
After research design to plan for the procedure of conducting research it is natural to discuss the data collection process by identifying sources of...
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Analyzing the Local Economy
This chapter starts with exploring the complexity of the concept of economy. Economic activities can be classified in different ways. The North...
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Business Analytics Data Science for Business Problems
This book focuses on three core knowledge requirements for effective and thorough data analysis for solving business problems. These are a...
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Advanced Data Handling for Business Data Analytics
In this chapter, I will set the stage for analysis beyond what I discussed in the previous chapters. I covered that material at a high level....
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Time Series Analysis
The time dimension of the Data Cube is a major complication you will eventually face in analyzing your business data because time is a part of most...
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Grou** with Unsupervised Learning Methods
I will turn my attention to unsupervised learning methods in this chapter. Recall that these methods do not have a target variable that guides them...