topic Re: Difference between Average Nearest Neighbor and Moran's I? in Spatial Statistics Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/spatial-statistics-questions/difference-between-average-nearest-neighbor-and/m-p/446185#M1348 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>I have this question on a test coming up and the answer is that Average nearest neighbor is using distance relationships whereas Moran's I is measuring spatial autocorrelation based on attributes.</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Mon, 16 Apr 2012 22:20:44 GMT Mary_RoseLebaron 2012-04-16T22:20:44Z Difference between Average Nearest Neighbor and Moran's I? https://community.esri.com/t5/spatial-statistics-questions/difference-between-average-nearest-neighbor-and/m-p/446184#M1347 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Can anyone tell me what the difference is between the </SPAN><SPAN style="font-style:italic;">results</SPAN><SPAN> of Average Nearest Neighbor and Moran's I? I know that they go about finding a solution in different ways but don't they essentially say the same thing: whether a set of data is clustered, dispersed or random? When would I want to use one and when would I want to use the other?</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Or if anyone can point me in the direction of where I might find aforementioned information I'd appreciate that as well. I tried searching the forums, Google, etc. and haven't been able to find much. Plenty on what they are and what they do but I haven't been able to decipher what the difference is between the results of the two and when I should use one over the other.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Thank you.</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Mon, 12 Mar 2012 22:21:10 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/spatial-statistics-questions/difference-between-average-nearest-neighbor-and/m-p/446184#M1347 StephenPang 2012-03-12T22:21:10Z Re: Difference between Average Nearest Neighbor and Moran's I? https://community.esri.com/t5/spatial-statistics-questions/difference-between-average-nearest-neighbor-and/m-p/446185#M1348 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>I have this question on a test coming up and the answer is that Average nearest neighbor is using distance relationships whereas Moran's I is measuring spatial autocorrelation based on attributes.</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Mon, 16 Apr 2012 22:20:44 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/spatial-statistics-questions/difference-between-average-nearest-neighbor-and/m-p/446185#M1348 Mary_RoseLebaron 2012-04-16T22:20:44Z