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I'd be interested to learn more if there are any statistically significant results showing clustering - proving that there is spatiotemporal clustering that is
by Boothroid 9y ago
I'd be interested to learn more if there are any statistically significant results showing clustering - proving that there is spatiotemporal clustering that is different enough from what might be expected at random is pretty hard. I know that Sellafield has been studied in detail many times, with no definitive evidence yet found.
- Tomte 9y agoAt least those examples I heard about were easily explained by chance. It was the usual "humans are bad at recognizing randomness".
- Boothroid 9y agoThere are also lots of confounding variables to account for - for example, power plants (of all kinds) commonly have higher amounts of road freight than would otherwise be the case, thus greater air pollution etc. Inhabitants of areas around power plants move in and out of the area. Some people that live in the area work at the plant, whereas others do not. Prevailing weather and topography may affect how any emissions from a plant disperse. Spatial stats is hard!