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Guidelines on Areal Interpolation Methods

In: Advances in Contemporary Statistics and Econometrics

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  • Van Huyen Do

    (Toulouse School of Economics, CNRS, University of Toulouse, Independent researcher)

  • Thibault Laurent

    (Toulouse School of Economics, CNRS, University of Toulouse)

  • Anne Vanhems

    (TBS Business School)

Abstract

The objective of this article is to delve deeper into the understanding and practical implementation of classical areal interpolation methods using R software. Based on a survey paper from Do et al. (Spat Stat 14:412–438, 2015), we focus on four classical methods used in the area-to-area interpolation problem: point-in-polygon, areal weighting interpolation, dasymetric method with auxiliary variable and dasymetric method with control zones. Using the departmental election database for Toulouse in 2015, we find that the point-in-polygon method can be applied if the sources are much smaller than the targets; the areal interpolation method provides good results if the variable of interest is related to the area, but otherwise, a good alternative is to use the dasymetric method with another auxiliary variable; and finally, the dasymetric method with control zones allows us to benefit from both areal interpolation and dasymetric method and, from that perspective, seems to be the best method.

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  • Van Huyen Do & Thibault Laurent & Anne Vanhems, 2021. "Guidelines on Areal Interpolation Methods," Springer Books, in: Abdelaati Daouia & Anne Ruiz-Gazen (ed.), Advances in Contemporary Statistics and Econometrics, pages 385-407, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:sprchp:978-3-030-73249-3_20
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-73249-3_20
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