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Spatial Analytics with ArcGIS

You're reading from   Spatial Analytics with ArcGIS Build powerful insights with spatial analytics

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Product type Paperback
Published in Apr 2017
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781787122581
Length 290 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Eric Pimpler Eric Pimpler
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Table of Contents (11) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Introduction to Spatial Statistics in ArcGIS and R 2. Measuring Geographic Distributions with ArcGIS Tools FREE CHAPTER 3. Analyzing Patterns with ArcGIS Tools 4. Mapping Clusters with ArcGIS Tools 5. Modeling Spatial Relationships with ArcGIS Tools 6. Working with the Utilities Toolset 7. Introduction to the R Programming Language 8. Creating Custom ArcGIS Tools with ArcGIS Bridge and R 9. Application of Spatial Statistics to Crime Analysis 10. Application of Spatial Statistics to Real Estate Analysis

Using Spatial Autocorrelation to analyze patterns

The Spatial Autocorrelation tool measures spatial autocorrelation by simultaneously measuring feature locations and attribute values. If features that are close together have similar values, then that is said to be clustering. However, if features that are close together have dissimilar values, then they are said to be dispersed. This tool outputs a Moran's I index value along with a z-score, and a p-value.

In this exercise, you'll use the Spatial Autocorrelation tool to analyze home sales by census tract.

Preparation

Let's get prepared by performing the following steps for using the Spatial Autocorrelation tool to analyze patterns:

  1. Open ArcMap with the C:\GeospatialTraining\SpatialStats\SeattleNeighborhoodBurglary...
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