Morans

Local Spatial Autocorrelation

Masumbuko Semba
Introduction In this post, we explore the analysis of local spatial autocorrelation statistics, focusing on the concept and its most common implementation in the form of the Local Moran statistic. We explore how it can be utilized to discover hot spots and cold spots in the data, as well as spatial outliers. To illustrate these techniques, we will use the catch data from Deep Sea fishing authority. Moran’s I Moran’s I statistic is arguably the most commonly used indicator of global spatial autocorrelation.