A Spatial Scan Statistic¶
Kulldorff, M. (1997). A Spatial Scan Statistic. Communications in Statistics – Theory and Methods, 26(6), 1481-1496.
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Primes¶
- Clustering Illusion
- Epidemiology — apparent residential cancer clusters usually evaporate once a Poisson scan statistic adjusts for base rate and sample size; public-health agencies maintain explicit null-model protocols for cluster claims.
This sourceIntroduces the spatial scan statistic — a Poisson-null, base-rate- and multiplicity-adjusted test for whether an apparent disease cluster exceeds what randomness produces; the institutionalized corrective for cancer-cluster claims.
- Epidemiology — apparent residential cancer clusters usually evaporate once a Poisson scan statistic adjusts for base rate and sample size; public-health agencies maintain explicit null-model protocols for cluster claims.
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