Re: AI-GEOSTATS: Effects of spatial autocorrelation on descriptive statistics

2006-05-27 Thread Chaosheng Zhang
ue of a "block kriging" (perhaps on the centroid?) be regarded as the estimated mean value of a study area?   Cheers,   Chaosheng   - Original Message - From: Isobel Clark To: Chaosheng Zhang Cc: ai-geostats@jrc.it Sent: Friday, May 26, 2006 7:19

AI-GEOSTATS: Effects of spatial autocorrelation on descriptive statistics

2006-05-26 Thread Isobel Clark
Chaosheng   If you are only describing your samples, such concepts as random and independent are irrelevant. They apply to the use of your sample statistics to estimate population parameters. If all you want to do is describe your samples, you can calculate any statistics you like.   However, y

AI-GEOSTATS: Effects of spatial autocorrelation on descriptive statistics

2006-05-25 Thread Chaosheng Zhang
AI-GEOSTATS Move of the list to [EMAIL PROTECTED] All, I'm looking for answers to effects of spatial autocorrelation on conventional descriptive statistics. More specifically, any comments on the following statements? 1. "Spatially correlated data provide redundant information for the calculation