Raumabhängigkeit
Raumabhängigkeit, a German term, translates to spatial dependence or spatial autocorrelation. It refers to the principle that objects or phenomena that are closer to each other in space are more likely to be related than objects or phenomena that are farther apart. This concept is fundamental in various fields, including geography, statistics, ecology, and economics.
In geography, Raumabhängigkeit explains why similar types of land use tend to cluster together or why crime
The presence of Raumabhängigkeit implies that traditional statistical methods, which often assume independence between observations, may