Re: [R-sig-Geo] kriging question

2008-08-28 Thread Pilar Tugores Ferra
ías I.E.O. - Centro Oceanográfico de Baleares Muelle de Poniente s/n 07015 Palma de Mallorca (España) Tel.: (34) 971 401561 -Mensaje original- De: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] En nombre de Ashton Shortridge Enviado el: 27 August 2008 22:22 Para: r-sig-geo@stat.math.ethz.ch As

Re: [R-sig-Geo] kriging question

2008-08-27 Thread Ashton Shortridge
Hi Sarah, This looks interesting and relevant: http://www.leg.ufpr.br/mbgbook/ On Tuesday 26 August 2008, Edzer Pebesma wrote: > Diggle & Ribeiro -- Ashton Shortridge Associate Professor [EMAIL PROTECTED] Dept of Geography http://www.msu.edu/~ashton 2

Re: [R-sig-Geo] kriging question

2008-08-26 Thread Edzer Pebesma
Dave, Transformation to a continuous distribution when the data follow a discrete distribution is always messy, and the back-transform may get worse. While you're at the library, try to pick up Diggle & Ribeiro's Model-based geostatistics; they describe a model-based approach that extends gl

Re: [R-sig-Geo] kriging question

2008-08-26 Thread Dave Depew
Thanks Edzer, I've requested Cressie's book from our library (just waiting on it). My main concern was the many 0 counts. I also was not enthusiastic about odd transformations which then require appropriate back-transforms (I imagine the back transform of the kriging variance gets messy) I've

Re: [R-sig-Geo] kriging question

2008-08-26 Thread Edzer Pebesma
Hi Dave, Dave Depew wrote: Hi all, A question for the more experienced geostats users I have a data set containing 2-3 variables relating to submerged plant characteristics inferred from acoustic survey. The distribution of the % cover variable is bounded (0-100) and highly left skewed (m

[R-sig-Geo] kriging question

2008-08-26 Thread Dave Depew
Hi all, A question for the more experienced geostats users I have a data set containing 2-3 variables relating to submerged plant characteristics inferred from acoustic survey. The distribution of the % cover variable is bounded (0-100) and highly left skewed (many 0's). The transect spacin