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Table 4 False positive rates with randomization testing

From: An empirical comparison of spatial scan statistics for outbreak detection

method

ED dataset

TH dataset

CC dataset

AF dataset

KULL MA

.046

.141

.544

.358

KULL MA-DOW

.050

.146

.284

.202

KULL MA-WK

.050

.114

.568

.337

KULL MA-WK-DOW

.053

.130

.289

.186

EBP MA

.068

.162

.517

.403

EBP MA-DOW

.071

.141

.409

.340

EBP MA-WK

.064

.159

.520

.422

EBP MA-WK-DOW

.071

.149

.348

.332

EBG MA

.334

.398

.244

.204

EBG MA-DOW

.473

.496

.268

.249

EBG MA-WK

.349

.390

.218

.226

EBG MA-WK-DOW

.466

.485

.252

.249

  1. Proportion of days significant at α = 0.05, for each of the four public health datasets with no outbreaks injected.