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help for spatcorr (STB-60: sg162)
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Spatial correlogram
spatcorr varname , bands(numlist) xcoord(varname) ycoord(varname) [ geary cumulative twotail graph needle
savegraph(filename [, replace]) ]
Description
spatcorr computes and optionally plots Moran's I or Geary's c spatial correlogram based on two or more consecutive or cumulative
distance bands. For each distance band, spatcorr computes and displays in tabular form the requested statistic, the expected
value of the statistic under the null hypothesis of global spatial independence, the standard deviation of the statistic, the
z-value, and the corresponding 1-tail or 2-tail p-value.
Options
bands(numlist) is always required. It specifies the sequence of lower and upper bounds of the distance bands to be used in the
calculation of the spatial correlogram. For example, if option bands(0 2 4 6) is specified and option cumulative is not
specified, then the spatial correlogram will be computed on the following consecutive distance bands: (0-2], (2-4], (4-6]. On
the other hand, if option cumulative is specified, then the spatial correlogram will be computed on the following cumulative
distance bands: (0-2], (0-4], (0-6].
xcoord(varname) is always required. It specifies the name of the variable containing the x-coordinate of each location object of
analysis.
ycoord(varname) is always required. It specifies the name of the variable containing the y-coordinate of each location object of
analysis. Both the x-coordinate and the y-coordinate must be expressed in projected units, e.g., meters, kilometers, miles,
or arbitrary digitizing units.
geary requests that Geary's c spatial correlogram be computed and optionally plotted instead of the default Moran's I spatial
correlogram.
cumulative requests that cumulative distance bands be used instead of the default consecutive distance bands.
twotail requests that 2-tail p-values be computed and displayed instead of the default 1-tail p-values.
graph requests that the spatial correlogram be plotted.
needle requests that the spatial correlogram be plotted using vertical lines from zero (if Moran's I) or one (if Geary's c) to
the computed statistics instead of lines that connect the computed statistics.
savegraph(filename [, replace]) requests that the graph be saved in filename. If filename exists, an error will occur unless
replace is also specified. filename must have one of the following extensions: .ps, .eps, .prn, or .wmf.
Examples
. spatcorr crime, bands(0(1)5) xcoord(x) ycoord(y)
. spatcorr crime, bands(0(1)5) xcoord(x) ycoord(y) cumulative
. spatcorr crime, bands(0(1)5) xcoord(x) ycoord(y) graph
Author
Maurizio Pisati
Department of Sociology and Social Research
University of Milano Bicocca - Italy
maurizio.pisati@galactica.it
Also see
On-line: help for spatwmat, spatgsa, spatlsa, spatdiag, spatreg if installed