Abstract:
:We analyse the effect of using prevalence rates based on populations with different sizes in the power of spatial independence tests. We compare the well known spatial correlation Moran's index to three indexes obtained after adjusting for population density, one proposed by Oden, another proposed by Waldhör, and a third proposed by us in this paper. We find an effect of spatially correlated populations in the type I error probability on the test based on Moran's and Waldhör's indexes. We conclude also that the test proposed by Oden is powerful to test risk heterogeneity, but it has disadvantages when the interest is solely on the spatial correlation of morbidity risks. In this latter case, we recommend using our proposed test which is more powerful than the usual Moran's index applied directly to the rates.
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Stat Medjournal_title
Statistics in medicineauthors
Assunção RM,Reis EAdoi
10.1002/(sici)1097-0258(19990830)18:16<2147::aid-ssubject
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1999-08-30 00:00:00pages
2147-62issue
16eissn
0277-6715issn
1097-0258pii
10.1002/(SICI)1097-0258(19990830)18:16<2147::AID-Sjournal_volume
18pub_type
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