Cuzick–Edwards Test
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A Cuzick–Edwards Test is a significance test for detecting clustering of sub-populations within a clustered or non-uniformly distributed general population.
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2016
- (Wikipedia, 2016) ⇒ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuzick–Edwards_test Retrieved 2016-08-21
- In statistics, the Cuzick–Edwards test is a significance test whose aim is to detect the possible clustering of sub-populations within a clustered or non-uniformly-spread overall population. Possible applications of the test include examining the spatial clustering of childhood leukemia and lymphoma within the general population, given that the general population is spatially clustered.
- The test is based on:
- using control locations within the general population as the basis of a second or "control" sub-population in addition to the original "case" sub-population;
- using "nearest-neighbour" analyses to form statistics based on either:
- the number of other "cases" among the neighbours of each case;
- the number "cases" which are nearer to each given case than the k-th nearest "control" for that case.
- An example application of this test was to spatial clustering of leukaemias and lymphomas among young people in New Zealand.
- The test is based on: