This highlevel overview will equip you with the basic knowledge necessary to get started exploring your data in new and meaningful ways. Stepping through many of the Spatial Statistics tools, we will discuss how the tools function and provide a variety of example applications to demonstrate the range of questions that can be answered. Concepts covered will include describing the shape and spatial distribution of your data; comparing datasets in meaningful, defensible ways; and mining for multivariate patterns. If you’re new to Spatial Statistics this is a great way to familiarize yourself with these powerful tools, methods, and workflows. If you’ve been using Spatial Statistics for a while, come discover alternative applications and see how others are benefiting from the statistical analysis of their spatial data. Come learn how these tools really work and how to use them with your own data and applications.