aple.mc {spdep}R Documentation

Approximate profile-likelihood estimator (APLE) permutation test

Description

A permutation bootstrap test for the approximate profile-likelihood estimator (APLE).

Usage

aple.mc(x, listw, nsim)

Arguments

x a zero-mean detrended continuous variable
listw a listw object from for example nb2listw
nsim number of simulations

Value

A boot object as reurned by the boot function.

Author(s)

Roger Bivand Roger.Bivand@nhh.no

References

Li, H, Calder, C. A. and Cressie N. A. C. (2007) Beyond Moran's I: testing for spatial dependence based on the spatial autoregressive model. Geographical Analysis 39, 357-375.

See Also

aple, boot

Examples

example(aple)
boot_out <- aple.mc(scale(wheat$yield_detrend, scale=FALSE),
 nb2listw(nbr12, style="W"), nsim=500)
plot(boot_out)
boot_out

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