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What are you trying to do?

Something I need to watch regularly in urban planning, estate management and architecture.

Before you start. Monitors currently run from the command line rather than from a page. The engine works and is tested; the interface for setting them up is still being built, so this route is the least finished of the four.

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Create the study

One study holds the whole series.

Chart it before you judge it

A control chart separates ordinary variation from a real change. Most month-to-month movement is noise, and acting on it makes a process less stable rather than more.

Set up a monitor

A saved analysis with a cadence. It re-runs and reports what moved, without claiming the movement is significant - two consecutive estimates are not independent samples.

Read the series, not the last point

Twelve points tell you what one never can.

What people in your field ask

In urban planning, estate management and architecturethe full guide

Geocode the observations - test whether location matters - model value or behaviour - map what is left.

Do high property values cluster in particular areas?morans i
Which neighbourhoods exactly are the hot spots?getis ord
Are boreholes, kiosks or clinics evenly spread?nearest neighbour
What drives property value here?ols regression
Are residents satisfied with the housing scheme?reliability

Watch for: A hedonic model with no spatial check. Two flats on one street are not independent observations and the standard errors will be too small.

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