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  title: "Geographical Analysis & Visualization"
subtitle: "University of Utah"
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  [![](DELPHI-long.png)](https://uofuhealth.utah.edu/delphi-data-science-initiative)


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**Date**: September 27, 2024

**Time**: 9:00 am -- 1:00 pm MDT

**Location**: HELIX Rm 1C202 (Narrowleaf)

**Instructor**: Brenna Kelly & Simon Brewer
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## General Information

**What**: This workshop will introduce key concepts in geographical analysis and visualization, with a focus on identifying and dealing with spatial structure in geographic data. We will touch on spatial regression and prediction with kriging.

**Who**: The course is aimed at graduate students, postdocs, staff, faculty, and other researchers across campus who are interested in learning how to use R for geographic analysis and visualization. Basic statistical knowledge and some familiarity with R are encouraged but not required to attend this workshop. 

**Requirements**: Participants must bring a laptop onto which they can [download R and Rstudio](https://posit.co/download/rstudio-desktop/) (and you should do so before the workshop).

**Contact**: Please email andrew.george@hsc.utah.edu or brenna.kelly@hsc.utah.edu for more information.

## Schedule


| Time  | Topic     | Incomplete .qmd |  Complete .qmd |
  | ----:|:----|:---------------|:-----------------|
  | 9:00   | Introduction and Setup |   |   |
  | 9:30   | **Hands-on:** Working with Spatial Data |   | |
  | 10:00   | **Hands-on:** Mapmaking |  |     |
  | 10:30   | *Break* |   |    |
  | 10:45   | Regression with Spatial Data | | |
  | 11:00  | **Hands-on:** Spatial Regression | |    |
  | 11:30   | *Break* |   |    |
  | 11:45   | **Hands-on:** Multilevel/hierarchical spatial regression | |  |