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Geary's C — Spatial Contiguity Ratio

Geary's C is a global spatial autocorrelation statistic that measures whether nearby areal units share similar attribute values. Unlike Moran's I, it focuses on squared differences between adjacent pairs rather than cross-products of deviations from the mean, making it more sensitive to local dissimilarity and less influenced by global trends.

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Sources

  1. Geary, R. C. (1954). The Contiguity Ratio and Statistical Mapping. The Incorporated Statistician, 5(3), 115–145. link
  2. Cliff, A. D., & Ord, J. K. (1981). Spatial Processes: Models and Applications. Pion Limited. ISBN: 0850860814

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ScholarGateGeary's C (Geary's Contiguity Ratio). Retrieved 2026-06-04 from https://scholargate.app/en/spatial-analysis/gearys-c