A comparison of spatial clustering and cluster detection techniques for childhood leukemia incidence in Ohio, 1996 – 2003

Table 1 Results of the Cuzick and Edwards' test

k	T[k]	E[T]	Var[T]	z	Upper-tail P-value	Monte Carlo P-value
1	70	67.66	92.96	0.24	0.40	0.41
2	137	135.32	194.01	0.12	0.45	0.54
3	210	202.98	296.67	0.41	0.34	0.26
4	278	270.63	400.36	0.37	0.36	0.51
5	352	338.29	505.31	0.61	0.27	0.23
6	432	405.95	611.51	1.05	0.15	0.07
7	512	473.61	718.28	1.43	0.08	0.07
8	583	541.27	826.37	1.45	0.07	0.36
9	638	608.93	2432.11	0.59	0.28	0.95
10	714	676.58	2541.57	0.74	0.23	0.17

The table contains the test statistic T(k), the expected test value and variance using the normal approximation, and the normal approximation and Monte Carlo randomization p-values for each k nearest neighbors

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