spdep (version 0.4-34)

aple.mc: Approximate profile-likelihood estimator (APLE) permutation test

Description

A permutation bootstrap test for the approximate profile-likelihood estimator (APLE).

Usage

aple.mc(x, listw, nsim)

Arguments

x

a zero-mean detrended continuous variable

listw

a listw object from for example nb2listw

nsim

number of simulations

Value

• A boot object as reurned by the boot function.

References

Li, H, Calder, C. A. and Cressie N. A. C. (2007) Beyond Moran's I: testing for spatial dependence based on the spatial autoregressive model. Geographical Analysis 39, 357-375.

See Also

aple, boot

Examples

example(aple)
boot_out <- aple.mc(scale(wheat$yield_detrend, scale=FALSE),
 nb2listw(nbr12, style="W"), nsim=500)
plot(boot_out)
boot_out