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Table 2 Estimated α-levels for the Gumbel approximation for different parameters, corresponding to five nominal α-levels.

From: Gumbel based p-value approximations for spatial scan statistics

     

Nominal alpha

Number of cases

Maximum circle size

Region

Probability Model

Number of Monte Carlo replicates

0.00001

0.0001

0.001

0.01

0.05

6

50%

NE counties

Poisson

99

0.000003

0.00004

0.0006

0.008

0.051

    

999

0.000001

0.00002

0.0004

0.007

0.048

    

9999

0.000001

0.00002

0.0004

0.007

0.047

600

50%

NE counties

Poisson

99

0.000013

0.00012

0.0012

0.011

0.054

    

999

0.000006

0.00008

0.0009

0.010

0.051

    

9999

0.000006

0.00007

0.0008

0.010

0.050

600

50%

NE counties

Bernoulli

99

0.000014

0.00013

0.0012

0.011

0.053

    

999

0.000007

0.00008

0.0009

0.010

0.050

    

9999

0.000007

0.00008

0.0008

0.010

0.047

600

50%

US 3 digit zip codes

Poisson

99

0.000014

0.00013

0.0012

0.011

0.054

    

999

0.000007

0.00008

0.0009

0.010

0.052

    

9999

0.000006

0.00008

0.0009

0.010

0.051

600

1 county

NE counties

Poisson

99

0.000033

0.00022

0.0016

0.012

0.053

    

999

0.000020

0.00016

0.0012

0.011

0.051

    

9999

0.000018

0.00015

0.0018

0.011

0.050

6000

50%

NE counties

Poisson

99

0.000013

0.00012

0.0011

0.011

0.053

    

999

0.000007

0.00008

0.0009

0.010

0.051

    

9999

0.000006

0.00007

0.0008

0.010

0.050

60000

50%

NE counties

Poisson

99

0.000013

0.00012

0.0011

0.011

0.054

    

999

0.000006

0.00007

0.0009

0.010

0.051

    

9999

0.000006

0.00007

0.0008

0.009

0.050