The effect of the modifiable areal unit problem on ecological model inference: A graphical simulation study for disease mapping in Australia

James Hogg, Aiden Price, Conor Hassan, Shovanur Haque, Farzana Jahan, Wala Areed, Jessica Cameron, Susanna Cramb, Helen Thompson

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DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0329862
Published: 2025-12-18
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@article{allodium:10.1371/journal.pone.0329862,
  title = {The effect of the modifiable areal unit problem on ecological model inference: A graphical simulation study for disease mapping in Australia},
  author = {James Hogg and Aiden Price and Conor Hassan and Shovanur Haque and Farzana Jahan and Wala Areed and Jessica Cameron and Susanna Cramb and Helen Thompson},
  year = {2025},
  journal = {PLOS One},
  doi = {10.1371/journal.pone.0329862},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0329862}
}

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AU  - Aiden Price
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AU  - Jessica Cameron
AU  - Susanna Cramb
AU  - Helen Thompson
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Hogg, J., Price, A., Hassan, C., Haque, S., Jahan, F., Areed, W., Cameron, J., Cramb, S., & Thompson, H. (2025). The effect of the modifiable areal unit problem on ecological model inference: A graphical simulation study for disease mapping in Australia. PLOS One. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0329862

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