The importance of managing co-variate and distance biases in point-pattern clustering Peter Whigham Brandon de Graaf Rashi Srivastava Paul Glue 10.17608/k6.auckland.9862679.v1 https://auckland.figshare.com/articles/conference_contribution/The_importance_of_managing_co-variate_and_distance_biases_in_point-pattern_clustering/9862679 <div>Assessing social conditions for individuals often involves the evaluation of point-based patterns over some geographic region. This paper demonstrates the influence of co-variate information on observed clustering patterns and a method for assessing the role of distance metrics on clustering. The approaches are applied to assess social contagion of deliberate self-harm for a set of individuals observed over a two year period in a small community in New Zealand.</div> 2019-09-17 12:43:29 point pattern Ripley's K clustering Manhattan distance Geospatial Information Systems