Since one of my interest in this class is focused on understanding the underlying principles behind ArcGIS’s spatial statistics tools, I was interested in this link (http://blogs.esri.com/esri/arcgis/2010/04/07/check-out-our-chapter-on-spatial-statistics-in-arcgis-in-the-handbook-of-applied-spatial-analysis/) to additional materials related to spatial statistics. The chapter published by Lauren Scott and Mark Janikas with the Handbook of Applied Spatial Analysis, edited by Manfred M. Fischer and Arthur Getis, relates directly to the tools in the Spatial Statistics toolbox provided by Esri within ArcGIS. I’m interested in trying to track down a copy of this handbook and seeing what topics are discussed, see how others are using spatial statistics, as well as learning more about the underlying principles and ideas behind the spatial statistics used. I will send Julia Jones the information about the book so she can request the book through the Valley Library.