Incorporating geography into a new generalized theoretical and statistical framework addressing the modifiable areal unit problem

Abstract Background All analyses of spatially aggregated data are vulnerable to the modifiable areal unit problem (MAUP), which describes the sensitivity of analytical results to the arbitrary choice of spatial aggregation unit at which data are measured. The MAUP is a serious problem endemic to ana...

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Main Authors: M. Tuson, M. Yap, M. R. Kok, K. Murray, B. Turlach, D. Whyatt
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-03-01
Series:International Journal of Health Geographics
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12942-019-0170-3