-------- Original Message -------- Subject: gis in data analysis Date: Wed, 4 Aug 2004 15:33:34 -0400 From: Gene Shackman <[log in to unmask]> ------------------ Hi all Thanks again to everyone for responding to my previous question. I have another. First a preface: I don't know much about GIS software beyond making maps, so I don't really know what full capabilities are, so my questions may be rather, er, uneducated, which I hope you all don't mind. I was wondering what kind of data analysis can be done with MapInfo or ESRI products or what role MapInfo (MI) or ESRI stiff plays in data analysis. Are they mainly a helping tool? So for example, if you know VAR X and VAR Y are correlated to some outcome Z, then you use MI to show where VAR X and VAR Y are clustered, so you know where to look for the outcome Z. Or can MI or other GIS programs take a more active role, for example doing some statistical analysis? Again, I'll post a summary of I get a lot of responses. Thanks Gene Gene Shackman, Ph.D. Evaluation and Analysis Unit NYS DOH - Division of Nutrition 150 Broadway, FL6 West Albany NY 12204 518 402 7304 gxs03 at health.state.ny.us --------------------------------------------------- Applied Sociologist - Finding Solutions For Society --------------------------------------------------- Our 4 year old son asked about straight and curly hair so we told him about flat and round follicles. He called up grandma and said, "Grandma, I have round molecules."