TY - JOUR
T1 - Techniques for the analysis of geographic data in evaluation
AU - Smith, Nick L.
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was supported in part by a grant from the National Institute of Education. However, the opinions expressed herein do not necessarily reflect the position or policy of the Institute, and no official endorsement by the Institute should be inferred.
PY - 1979
Y1 - 1979
N2 - Although geographic relationships are often an important aspect of a program or system under evaluation, these relationships have frequently been ignored by evaluators. Standard techniques do exist, however, for the analysis of geographic data. This paper presents three such techniques, Geocode Analysis, Trend Surface Analysis, and Social Area Analysis, and discusses their use in evaluation. With these techniques, evaluators can more adequately deal with the questions of geographic relationships which arise in many studies.
AB - Although geographic relationships are often an important aspect of a program or system under evaluation, these relationships have frequently been ignored by evaluators. Standard techniques do exist, however, for the analysis of geographic data. This paper presents three such techniques, Geocode Analysis, Trend Surface Analysis, and Social Area Analysis, and discusses their use in evaluation. With these techniques, evaluators can more adequately deal with the questions of geographic relationships which arise in many studies.
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U2 - 10.1016/0149-7189(79)90021-1
DO - 10.1016/0149-7189(79)90021-1
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0018591794
SN - 0149-7189
VL - 2
SP - 119
EP - 126
JO - Evaluation and Program Planning
JF - Evaluation and Program Planning
IS - 2
ER -