Citation
Voss, Paul R. (2007). Introduction to the Special Issue on Spatial Demography.
Population Research and Policy Review, 26(5-6), 455-456.
Abstract
This issue of PRPR, and the issue to follow, brings together a number of articles of interest to demographers that explore in one way or another some of the approaches to data analysis when the data are linked to location. The analysis of data for areal units (units generally drawn from a geographic hierarchy of areas common to national censuses) brings with it a number of problems. Attributes of spatially referenced data generally violate some of the critical assumptions underlying classical statistical measures and models, a dilemma that necessitates both caution regarding these violations and attention to methods designed to correct for them. These problems have been understood for several decades by quantitative geographers (most notably in the UK) and regional scientists (predominantly on the European continent), but demographers have been slow bring these methodologies into their own toolkits.
URL
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11113-007-9048-3Reference Type
Journal Article
Year Published
2007
Journal Title
Population Research and Policy Review
Author(s)
Voss, Paul R.
