whittermore: Whittermore's Statistic
In DCluster: Functions for the Detection of Spatial Clusters of Diseases
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Whittermore's Statistic
Description
Whittermore's statistic is defined as follows:
W=\frac{n-1}{n}r^{'} D r
where r^{'}=[O_1/O_+, \ldots, O_n/O_+]
and D is a distance matrix between the centroids of the areas.
It can be used to assess whether the region under study tends to cluster
or not.
References
Whittermore, A. S. and Friend, N. and Byron, W. and Brown, J. R. and Holly, E. A. (1987). A test to detect clusters of disease. Biometrika 74, 631-635.
See Also
DCluster, whittermore.stat, whittermore.boot, whittermore.pboot
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Whittermore's Statistic
Description
Whittermore's statistic is defined as follows:
W=\frac{n-1}{n}r^{'} D r
where r^{'}=[O_1/O_+, \ldots, O_n/O_+]
and D is a distance matrix between the centroids of the areas.
It can be used to assess whether the region under study tends to cluster or not.
References
Whittermore, A. S. and Friend, N. and Byron, W. and Brown, J. R. and Holly, E. A. (1987). A test to detect clusters of disease. Biometrika 74, 631-635.
See Also
DCluster, whittermore.stat, whittermore.boot, whittermore.pboot
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