Using Universal Kriging to Improve Neighborhood Physical Disorder Measurement

Autor/inn/en	Mooney, Stephen J.; Bader, Michael D. M.; Lovasi, Gina S.; Neckerman, Kathryn M.; Rundle, Andrew G.; Teitler, Julien O.
Titel	Using Universal Kriging to Improve Neighborhood Physical Disorder Measurement
Quelle	In: Sociological Methods & Research, 49 (2020) 4, S.1163-1185 (23 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0049-1241
DOI	10.1177/0049124118769103
Schlagwörter	Neighborhoods; Measurement Techniques; Geographic Information Systems; Comparative Analysis; Accuracy; Housing; Urban Areas; Public Health; Pollution; Hazardous Materials; Community Characteristics; New York (New York); Pennsylvania (Philadelphia); Michigan (Detroit); California (San Jose) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Neighbourhoods; Nachbarschaft; Messtechnik; Unterkunft; Urban area; Stadtregion; Gesundheitswesen; Schadstoffbelastung; Hazardous substance; Gefahrstoff
Abstract	Ordinary kriging, a spatial interpolation technique, is commonly used in social sciences to estimate neighborhood attributes such as physical disorder. Universal kriging, developed and used in physical sciences, extends ordinary kriging by supplementing the spatial model with additional covariates. We measured physical disorder on 1,826 sampled block faces across four U.S. cities (New York, Philadelphia, Detroit, and San Jose) using Google Street View imagery. We then compared leave-one-out cross-validation accuracy between universal and ordinary kriging and used random subsamples of our observed data to explore whether universal kriging could provide equal measurement accuracy with less spatially dense samples. Universal kriging did not always improve accuracy. However, a measure of housing vacancy did improve estimation accuracy in Philadelphia and Detroit (7.9 percent and 6.8 percent lower root mean square error, respectively) and allowed for equivalent estimation accuracy with half the sampled points in Philadelphia. Universal kriging may improve neighborhood measurement. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	SAGE Publications. 2455 Teller Road, Thousand Oaks, CA 91320. Tel: 800-818-7243; Tel: 805-499-9774; Fax: 800-583-2665; e-mail: journals@sagepub.com; Web site: http://sagepub.com
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01