This short course covers a range of methods and techniques of spatial data analysis used in environmental epidemiology. Specific topics include: testing for spatial clustering, investigating variation in risk around a point source, constructing smooth maps of spatial variation in risk. Both point data (individual level) and spatially aggregated data (area level) are discussed.
This document is a set of notes, not a complete text, and should be used in conjunction with notes from the computer workshop and exercise questions. There will be opportunities in class for more detailed discussion of the material, although we will not necessarily cover all sections of the notes within the week of classes.