On the Location Quotient Confidence Interval Journal Articles

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. The application of individual location quotient confidence intervals based on the estimated standard deviations is illustrated using health utilization data.

authors

• Moineddin, Rahim
• Beyene, Joseph
• Boyle, Eleanor

status

• published 

publication date

• July 2003

has subject area

• 0406 Physical Geography and Environmental Geoscience (FoR)
• 0909 Geomatic Engineering (FoR)
• 1604 Human Geography (FoR)
• Geography (Science Metrix)

published in

• Geographical Analysis  Journal

keywords

• Geography
• Social Sciences

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1111/j.1538-4632.2003.tb01112.x

start page

• 249

end page

• 256

volume

• 35

issue

• 3