What values of Moran's I and Theil index decomposition really mean under different conditions: on the issue of interpretation
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216208%3A11310%2F16%3A10328796" target="_blank" >RIV/00216208:11310/16:10328796 - isvavai.cz</a>
Alternative codes found
RIV/00216208:11310/17:10328796
Result on the web
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12076-016-0178-2" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12076-016-0178-2</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12076-016-0178-2" target="_blank" >10.1007/s12076-016-0178-2</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
What values of Moran's I and Theil index decomposition really mean under different conditions: on the issue of interpretation
Original language description
In recent decades, improved methodological apparatuses and increased data availability have enhanced data analyses in social sciences.Moreover, complex analyses using sophisticated methods take just a matter of seconds nowadays thanks to highly powerful software. However, such methods are often poorly understood from a methodological point of view despite the fact that knowledge of their specific properties is crucial to accurately interpreting the results. In this paper we study methods of spatial aspects of variability and examine a specific property of such methods to demonstrate how it can affect the final interpretation. By modelling data in a regular 100 by 100 grid as well as empirical examples from Czechia based on data from the 2011 Czech census, this paper presents possible interpretation-biases and recommendations for howto avoid them.We use the example of spatial autocorrelation (measured by Moran's I) and variability decomposition (measured by the Theil index); two basic methods which enable us to measure variability in regions and in space.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>x</sub> - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)
CEP classification
DE - Earth magnetism, geodesy, geography
OECD FORD branch
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Result continuities
Project
<a href="/en/project/GA15-10493S" target="_blank" >GA15-10493S: Evolutionary dynamics of spatial differentiation of socioeconomic phenomena and the role of regions in Czechia – spatial and multilevel approach</a><br>
Continuities
P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)
Others
Publication year
2016
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Letters in Spatial and Resource Sciences
ISSN
1864-4031
e-ISSN
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Volume of the periodical
2016
Issue of the periodical within the volume
OCT
Country of publishing house
DE - GERMANY
Number of pages
11
Pages from-to
1-11
UT code for WoS article
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EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-84991105243