The signed Chi-score measure for the classification and mapping of polychotomous data

Visvalingam, Maheswari

Abstract

Several polychotomous characteristics, when expressed in chi-score form, exhibit distributions in property space which deviate from the inherent assumptions of the more commonly used methods of cluster analysis. This paper suggests a novel approach to classification which exploits the observed and inferred characteristics of categorised data. The concepts and methods are applied to data on household composition to extract a demographic typology from the one-kilometre grid square population census data for 1971.

Citation

Visvalingam, M. (1981). The signed Chi-score measure for the classification and mapping of polychotomous data. The Cartographic journal, 18(1), 32-43. https://doi.org/10.1179/caj.1981.18.1.32

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Online Publication Date: Jul 18, 2013
• Publication Date: Jan 1, 1981
• Deposit Date: Aug 28, 2015
• Publicly Available Date: Nov 23, 2017
• Journal: The cartographic journal
• Print ISSN: 0008-7041
• Electronic ISSN: 1743-2774
• Publisher: Maney Publishing
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 18
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 32-43
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1179/caj.1981.18.1.32
• Keywords: Cartography -- Data processing
• Public URL: https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/378281
• Publisher URL: http://www.maneyonline.com/doi/abs/10.1179/caj.1981.18.1.32
• Additional Information: Copy of article published in The cartographic journal, 1981, v.18, no. 1 at: http://www.maneyonline.com/doi/abs/10.1179/caj.1981.18.1.32