The codispersion map: a graphical tool to visualize the association between two spatial variables

The codispersion map: a graphical tool to visualize the association between two spatial variables

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Article ID: iaor201526417
Volume: 69
Issue: 3
Start Page Number: 298
End Page Number: 314
Publication Date: Aug 2015
Journal: Statistica Neerlandica
Authors: , ,
Keywords: graphical methods, lattice processes, statistics (spatial)
Abstract:

The codispersion coefficient quantifies the association between two spatial processes for a particular direction (spatial lag) on a two‐dimensional space. When this coefficient is computed for many directions, it is useful to display those values on a single graph. In this article, we suggest a graphical tool called a codispersion map to visualize the spatial correlation between two sequences on a plane. We describe how to construct a codispersion map for regular and non‐regular lattices, providing algorithms in both cases. Three numerical examples are given to illustrate how useful this map can be to detect those directions for which the codispersion coefficient attains its maximum and minimum values. We also provide the R code to construct the codispersion map in practice.

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