Resource allocation by measures of relative social need in geographical areas: the relevance of the signed χ2, the percentage, and the raw count.
Three alternative statistics for constructing a social index to distinguish geographical areas are considered. The relative merits of the signed χ2 statistic, the percentage, and the raw count are examined in relation to two distinct goals in resource allocation: identification of concentrations of...
| Published in: | Environment & Planning A Vol. 28; pp. 537 - 555 |
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Pion Limited
March 1996
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