Calculate Besag and Newell's Statistics

Choose Besag and Newell from "Case-Pop Method" in the Methods menu. For SpaceStat to calculate the Besag and Newell statistics, it needs to know for which datasets at which time(s), the threshold cluster case count to use,  and how to name the results datasets. You need to have a point geography to use Besag and Newell. If you do not, generate a centroid geography from your polygons first.

Click within the sections in the images below for more information.

Input

When the task manager opens for calculating the Besag and Newell statistic, it will start on the "Input" section.

Advanced

The only option in advanced section for the Besag and Newell statistics is to change the alpha level.

Output

The output section of the task manager asks for a name stem to use for output files.  The default name for Besag and Newell results for the datasets indicated in the "Input" dialog (above) is shown in the box below.

Run method

The run method page presents a summary of the previous three pages so that you can review the choices you have selected.  If everything here looks correct, select the "Run" button at the bottom of the page.   Output from this method is shown in the image on the "Besag and Newell Results" page.