Hidden negative spatial autocorrelation

Authors: Daniel A Griffith

Publish Date: 2006/09/26

Volume: 8, Issue: 4, Pages: 335-355

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Abstract

Mostly lip service treatments of negative spatial autocorrelation NSA appear in the literature although spatial scientists confront it in practice NSA was detected serendipitously in recalcitrant empirical analyses containing a sizeable amount of global positive spatial autocorrelation PSA unaccounted for by standard spatial statistical models and labeled hidden because conventional spatial statistical tools detected only PSA while giving absolutely not hint of NSA existing The meaning of this phenomenon is explored empirically with findings including a better understanding of NSA spatial filter model construction guidelines effective illustrations of NSA and how hidden NSA furnishes a diagnostic for model misspecificationContents of this manuscript benefited greatly from discussions with Giuseppe Arbia and from suggestions by an anonymous referee This research was completed while the author was a Visiting Researcher at the Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research Rostock Germany

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