Journal article
On the Location Quotient Confidence Interval
Abstract
The location quotient is a useful tool for comparing area characteristics. It has applications in areas such as health care and economics. Individual location quotient standard deviations play an important role in comparing area characteristics. Using the Delta Method, a closed‐form expression is derived for calculating the standard deviation of the individual location quotient. The performance of the proposed method is assessed by simulation. …
Authors
Moineddin R; Beyene J; Boyle E
Journal
Geographical Analysis, Vol. 35, No. 3, pp. 249–256
Publisher
Wiley
Publication Date
July 2003
DOI
10.1111/j.1538-4632.2003.tb01112.x
ISSN
0016-7363