title: The boundary value problem in spatial statistical analysis.
abstract: "The primary objective of this paper is to investigate procedures for detecting and handling existing border biasing in spatial statistical analysis."  Six conventional solutions to the boundary value problem are criticized, and three alternate statistical solutions are proposed.
authors.forename: D A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Griffith
mesh_terms: D003710:Demography; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005843:Geography; D011153:Population; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012106:Research; D012107:Research Design; D012942:Social Sciences; D013223:Statistics as Topic
keywords: Critique; Data Analysis; Error Sources; Estimation Technics; Geographic Factors; Geography; Measurement; Population; Reliability; Research Methodology; Social Sciences; Spatial Distribution; Statistical Studies; Statistics; Studies