Spatial Sampling and Censoring
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When a spatial pattern is observed through a bounded window, inference about the pattern is hampered by sampling eeects known as \edge eeects". This chapter identiies two main types of edge eeects: size-dependent sampling bias and censoring eeects. Sampling bias can be eliminated by changing the sampling technique, or`corrected' by weighting the observations. Censoring eeects can be tackled using the methods of survival analysis.
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