TY - JOUR
T1 - The use of chi-square maps in the analysis of census data
AU - Jones, Kelvyn
AU - Kirby, Andrew
N1 - Funding Information:
Acknowledgements - The research,o f which this work forms a part, is funded by the Social Science ResearchCouncil.
Copyright:
Copyright 2014 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 1980
Y1 - 1980
N2 - This paper addresses itself to one of the problems inherent in any spatial analysis of census data, namely the variable size of the enumeration units. This variation renders some proportions unstable, due to the small numbers involved. Attempts to overcome this, using visual methods, can be unsatisfactory, whilst doing nothing to aid statistical analysis. Chi-square maps are suggested as a satisfactory alternative in both contexts, and data for Reading, Berkshire are displayed to illustrate this. These maps suggest that some inferences, based upon indicators derived from proportions, may be unsound.
AB - This paper addresses itself to one of the problems inherent in any spatial analysis of census data, namely the variable size of the enumeration units. This variation renders some proportions unstable, due to the small numbers involved. Attempts to overcome this, using visual methods, can be unsatisfactory, whilst doing nothing to aid statistical analysis. Chi-square maps are suggested as a satisfactory alternative in both contexts, and data for Reading, Berkshire are displayed to illustrate this. These maps suggest that some inferences, based upon indicators derived from proportions, may be unsound.
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U2 - 10.1016/0016-7185(80)90027-5
DO - 10.1016/0016-7185(80)90027-5
M3 - Article
C2 - 12338229
AN - SCOPUS:0019229693
VL - 11
SP - 409
EP - 417
JO - Geoforum
JF - Geoforum
SN - 0016-7185
IS - 4
ER -