There is a local R user group in Portland, Oregon. R is a free software environment for statistical computing and graphics (http://www.r-project.org/). Their goal is to support and share R experience and knowledge among its users in the Portland community. They would like to hear how you use and enjoy the R language and statistical programming environment.
For more information, visit http://www.meetup.com/portland-r-user-group/
There are a ton of resources about using and understanding Spatial Statistics. The Esri Spatial Statistics team created this blog to make sure that everyone knows where to find them.
http://blogs.esri.com/esri/arcgis/2010/07/13/spatial-statistics-resources/
Thanks to Max for bringing this paper by Mark Dale to our attention:
For students in GEO 599: If you have any questions about the tools in the Spatial Statistics Toolbox, please reply to this blog post or email her directly at Lscott@esri.com.
In addition you may contact Dr. Lauren Scott at Esri, the creator of all the tools through the Esri forums. Lauren is very helpful.
For the spatial statistics forum, see: http://forums.arcgis.com/forums/110-Spatial-Statistics?sort=lastpost&order=desc
For Dr. Lauren Scott’s threads, search on “Lauren Scott”
You may obtain ArcGIS 10.x through COSINe.
Just fill out the form at:
http://is.oregonstate.edu/accounts-support/software/user-workstation-software/arcgis
For help contact Angela at software.coordinator@oregonstate.edu or 541-737-3848.
Note: Currently OSU uses ArcGIS 10.2 in a majority of courses this academic year (fall term 2015-spring term 2016).