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A modification is proposed to the usual inference test of the Kulldorff’s spatial scan statistic, incorporating additional information about the size of the most likely cluster found. A new modified inference question is answered: what is the probability that the null hypothesis is rejected for the original observed cases map with a most likely cluster of size known, taking into account only those most likely clusters of same size found under null hypothesis? A practical procedure is provided to make more accurate inferences about the most likely cluster found by the spatial scan statistic.
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Almeida, A.C.L., Duarte, A.R., Duczmal, L.H., Oliveira, F.L.P., Takahashi, R.H.C., Silva, I.R. (2017). Adjusted Inference for the Spatial Scan Statistic. In: Glaz, J., Koutras, M. (eds) Handbook of Scan Statistics. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-8414-1_39-1
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