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Modifiable areal unit problem, an Uncommon card
The modifiable areal unit problem is a source of statistical bias that can significantly impact the results of statistical hypothesis tests.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 63
- DEF
- 33
- Power
- 96
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 15,000
Power 96 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 40 % of WikiCards cards.
Modifiable areal unit problem quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Modifiable areal unit problem card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
The resulting summary values are influenced by both the shape and scale of the ______ unit.
Answer
aggregation. The resulting summary values are influenced by both the shape and scale of the aggregation unit. From the Modifiable areal unit problem article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Modifiable areal unit problem. Modifiable areal unit problem 63 · Constantine the African 60 · Alexey Zubritsky 55 · Fuji Five Lakes 49 ATK in WikiCards.
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The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- The MAUP affects results when point-based measures of spatial phenomena are aggregated into spatial partitions or areal units as in, for example, population density or illness rates.
- The resulting summary values are influenced by both the shape and scale of the aggregation unit.
- For example, census data may be aggregated into county districts, census tracts, postcode areas, police precincts, or any other arbitrary spatial partition.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Modifiable areal unit problem article was read about 15,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 63 and blocks with 33: each hit it takes is cut by 13 %.
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Text : Wikipedia, Modifiable areal unit problem (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Andresswift ( talk ), CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.
