Tests for Connection Between Clustering of Polish Counties and Province Structure

• Autorzy: Małgorzata Markowska , Marek Sobolewski , Andrzej Sokołowski , Danuta Strahl
• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

The general idea of statistical tests which allow testing the influence of geographical or administrative units of upper level on clustering results of lower level units is presented, basing on the authors' earlier works. The so-called "active border" notion is used in these methods. If two counties (powiats) have been classified into different clusters then the border between them is called active. This border can be also the border between provinces. The number and length of active borders are used in the proposed test statistics. Their distribution depends on the actual geographic division of a given country. In this paper we present results for Poland and division for provinces and counties. Tables for test critical values and the approximation functions are given. (original abstract)

Słowa kluczowe

EN

Cluster analysis; Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics (NUTS); Statistical tests; Statistical comparison analysis

PL

Analiza skupień; Klasyfikacja NUTS; Testy statystyczne; Statystyczna analiza porównawcza

• Czasopismo: Statistics in Transition
• Rocznik: 2014
• Tom: 15
• Numer: nr 2
• Strony: 309--316

Twórcy

autor

Małgorzata Markowska

• Wrocław University of Economics, Poland

autor

Marek Sobolewski

• Rzeszow University of Technology, Poland

autor

Andrzej Sokołowski

• Cracow University of Economics, Poland

autor

Danuta Strahl

• Wrocław University of Economics, Poland

Bibliografia

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• SOKOŁOWSKI, A., STRAHL, D., MARKOWSKA, M., SOBOLEWSKI, M., (2013a). The influence of upper level NUTS on lower level classification of EU regions. European Conference on Data Analysis, Luxembourg, July 10-12, 2013.
• SOKOŁOWSKI, A., STRAHL, D., MARKOWSKA, M., SOBOLEWSKI, M., (2013b). The hierarchy test of geographic units based on border lengths, Conference of the International Federation of Classification Societies IFCS 2013, Tilburg, Netherlands, July 14- 17, 2013. Abstract in Program and Book of Abstracts, Tilburg University, 46.