A scan statistic for continuous data based on the normal probability model

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Temporal, spatial and space-time scan statistics are commonly used to detect and evaluate the statistical significance of temporal and/or geographical disease clusters, without any prior assumptions on the location, time period or size of those clusters. Scan sta...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Huang Lan, Kulldorff Martin, Konty Kevin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2009-10-01
Series:International Journal of Health Geographics
Online Access:http://www.ij-healthgeographics.com/content/8/1/58