topic Hot Spots on linear features appropriate? in Spatial Statistics Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/spatial-statistics-questions/hot-spots-on-linear-features-appropriate/m-p/449450#M1355 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Is it appropriate to run a Hot Spots analysis on linearly referenced features (I want to find deer-vehicle collision hotspots on a highway and so I have 100-m segmented road with the number of collisions as events).&nbsp; The tool allows it but I am not sure whether the underlying assumption of randomly located collisions is being applied to only the linear features rather than the entire space within the extent of the linear features.&nbsp; In other words, is the tool detecting clusters merely because the collisions can only be on the linear feature (ie they cannot occur off-road) or does the tool "know" that the events can only occur on the linear feature?</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>I like the results I am getting but not sure about the underlying assumptions.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Thanks for any insights!</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Cilla</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Wed, 28 Aug 2013 15:12:51 GMT PriscillaCoe 2013-08-28T15:12:51Z Hot Spots on linear features appropriate? https://community.esri.com/t5/spatial-statistics-questions/hot-spots-on-linear-features-appropriate/m-p/449450#M1355 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Is it appropriate to run a Hot Spots analysis on linearly referenced features (I want to find deer-vehicle collision hotspots on a highway and so I have 100-m segmented road with the number of collisions as events).&nbsp; The tool allows it but I am not sure whether the underlying assumption of randomly located collisions is being applied to only the linear features rather than the entire space within the extent of the linear features.&nbsp; In other words, is the tool detecting clusters merely because the collisions can only be on the linear feature (ie they cannot occur off-road) or does the tool "know" that the events can only occur on the linear feature?</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>I like the results I am getting but not sure about the underlying assumptions.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Thanks for any insights!</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Cilla</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Wed, 28 Aug 2013 15:12:51 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/spatial-statistics-questions/hot-spots-on-linear-features-appropriate/m-p/449450#M1355 PriscillaCoe 2013-08-28T15:12:51Z