Geary's C

GPTKB entity

Statements (26)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:analysis
gptkbp:developed_by gptkb:John_Geary
gptkbp:first_introduced gptkb:1954
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Geary's C
gptkbp:is_analyzed_in the degree of clustering
gptkbp:is_applicable_to categorical data
continuous data
gptkbp:is_applied_in gptkb:sociology
economics
geography
gptkbp:is_calculated_as (n * sum of squared differences) / (2 * sum of squared deviations)
gptkbp:is_evaluated_by pairwise differences in values
gptkbp:is_influenced_by sample size
gptkbp:is_often_used_in spatial statistics
gptkbp:is_used_in gptkb:urban_planning
environmental studies
public health research
gptkbp:measures spatial heterogeneity
gptkbp:range 0 to 2
gptkbp:related_to Moran's I
gptkbp:requires a defined spatial weight matrix
gptkbp:sensitivity local variations in data
gptkbp:used_for measuring spatial autocorrelation
gptkbp:value_interpretation values close to 1 indicate random distribution
values less than 1 indicate positive spatial autocorrelation
values greater than 1 indicate negative spatial autocorrelation