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In applied regional science a fast growth can be observed in the number of statistical methods that are used for analysing spatial data These methods incorporate both well-developed standard a-spatial statistical methods, and new adaptations of such methods to the specific spatial context. The first set of techniques dominates and seems to have yielded less controversial and better interpretable results than the second. However, for both approaches it is of prime importance to give a critical evaluation of their appropriateness for application to a set of spatial data and their ability to extend the insight into empirical spatial phenomena. In many studies such an evaluation is virtually absent, at least in a general context.
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Bartels, C.P.A. (1979). Operational statistical methods for analysing spatial data. In: Bartels, C.P.A., Ketellapper, R.H. (eds) Exploratory and explanatory statistical analysis of spatial data. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-9233-7_2
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