Regionalization Methods and Application in Analysis of Cancer Data

• Published in: Computational Methods and GIS Applications in Social Science - Lab Manual pp. 180 - 195
• Main Authors: Liu, Lingbo, Wang, Fahui
• Format: Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: United Kingdom CRC Press 2024; Taylor & Francis Group
• Edition: 1
• Subjects: Cluster Id; Larger Homogenous Regions; Convex Hull; FIPS Code; Minimum Bounding Rectangle; Columns Tab; Row Splitter; Options Tab; Concatenate Node; Expression String; CSV File; Aggregation Method; Length Width Ratio; Input Data Port; Cluster Centroids; Aggregating Census Tracts; Sum Distance; Column Isolate; Measuring Attribute Similarity; Group Column; Spatial Weight Matrix; Cancer Counts; Census Tracts; Column Naming

Rates of rare events (e.g., cancer, AIDS, homicide) are often subject to the small population (numbers) problem, where the denominators are small or vary a great deal. The problem can lead to unreliable rate estimates, sensitivity to missing data and other data errors, and data suppression in sparse...