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Global Hot Spot Analysis (Getis-Ord G Statistic)

Global Hot Spot Analysis uses the Getis-Ord G statistic to determine whether high or low attribute values are spatially concentrated across an entire study area. It answers one question: is there overall clustering of high values (a hot spot tendency) or low values (a cold spot tendency) in the dataset as a whole, producing a single summary test for the full region.

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Sources

  1. Getis, A., & Ord, J. K. (1992). The analysis of spatial association by use of distance statistics. Geographical Analysis, 24(3), 189-206. DOI: 10.1111/j.1538-4632.1992.tb00261.x
  2. Ord, J. K., & Getis, A. (1995). Local spatial autocorrelation statistics: distributional issues and an application. Geographical Analysis, 27(4), 286-306. DOI: 10.1111/j.1538-4632.1995.tb00912.x

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