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[[Moran's I]] is a measure of spatial autocorrelation developed by Patrick Alfred Pierce Moran. Spatial autocorrelation is the correlation of a variable with itself through space. Autocorrelation measures help detect patterns in data, which is particularly useful in fields such as [[Geography|geography]], [[Ecology|ecology]], and [[Epidemiology|epidemiology]]. | [[Moran's I]] is a measure of spatial autocorrelation developed by Patrick Alfred Pierce Moran. Spatial autocorrelation is the correlation of a variable with itself through space. Autocorrelation measures help detect patterns in data, which is particularly useful in fields such as [[Geography|geography]], [[Ecology|ecology]], and [[Epidemiology|epidemiology]]. | ||
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== Definition == | == Definition == | ||