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Area of Science:

  • Spatial statistics
  • Geographic information systems (GIS)
  • Environmental science

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  • Spatial clustering detection is vital across diverse fields, from epidemiology to neuroscience.
  • Ripley's K-function is a standard for point process data but less adapted for areal data.
  • Accurate assessment of spatial patterns in areal data remains a challenge.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop a novel method for detecting spatial clustering and dispersion in areal data.
  • To introduce the positive area proportion function (PAPF) inspired by Ripley's K-function.
  • To evaluate the performance of the PAPF hypothesis test against existing spatial statistics.

Main Methods:

  • Development of the positive area proportion function (PAPF) for areal data analysis.
  • Creation of a hypothesis testing procedure based on the PAPF.
  • Comparison of PAPF test with global Moran's I, Getis-Ord G, and spatial scan statistics via simulations.
  • Real-world application to land parcels and county-level health data.

Main Results:

  • The PAPF provides a new approach for spatial clustering detection in areal data.
  • Simulation studies demonstrate the performance of the PAPF test.
  • Real-world analyses successfully identified spatial clustering in conservation easements and pediatric overweight/obesity rates.

Conclusions:

  • The positive area proportion function (PAPF) offers a valuable tool for spatial clustering analysis of areal data.
  • The PAPF hypothesis test is a viable alternative to existing methods for specific spatial analyses.
  • This method has practical implications for understanding geographic distributions in various domains.