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Table 3 Simulation results for each cell size and scenario

From: An exact test to detect geographic aggregations of events

  

EE

CPE

n i

Scenario

α* (SD)

Sim(SD)

α* (SD)

Sim(SD)

Alberta

S1

3.9(0.6)

4.0 (0.9)

3.9(0.6)

3.9 (0.9)

 

S2

3.7(0.7)

3.7 (1.0)

3.7(0.7)

3.6 (1.0)

 

S3

4.0(0.6)

4.0 (0.8)

4.0(0.6)

3.9 (0.8)

 

S4

3.7(0.7)

3.6 (0.9)

3.7(0.6)

3.5 (0.8)

 

S5

4.2(0.6)

4.1 (0.8)

4.2(0.6)

4.1 (0.8)

1000

S1

2.5

2.6 (0.5)

2.6

2.6 (0.5)

 

S2

2.3

2.4 (0.5)

2.4

2.4 (0.5)

 

S3

3.7

3.7 (0.6)

3.8

3.7 (0.6)

 

S4

3.9

3.9 (0.6)

4.0

3.9 (0.6)

 

S5

2.4

2.3 (0.5)

2.5

2.3 (0.5)

5000

S1

4.9

5.0 (0.7)

3.4

3.3 (0.5)

 

S2

3.5

3.6 (0.6)

3.7

3.6 (0.6)

 

S3

4.3

4.3 (0.6)

4.4

4.3 (0.6)

 

S4

3.5

3.5 (0.5)

3.7

3.5 (0.5)

 

S5

4.0

3.9 (0.5)

4.1

3.9 (0.5)

8000

S1

4.7

4.6 (0.7)

4.8

4.6 (0.7)

 

S2

4.6

4.6 (0.6)

4.8

4.6 (0.6)

 

S3

4.3

4.4 (0.7)

4.4

4.4 (0.7)

 

S4

4.8

4.9 (0.7)

5.0

4.9 (0.7)

 

S5

4.7

4.7 (0.7)

4.7

4.7 (0.7)

  1. The effective significance level, α*, is provided for each scenario and each approach (and standard deviations [SDs] for the Alberta scenarios). The mean number of significant cells (Sim) are provide along with SDs. Numbers are given as percentages (%).
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