Project instructions – project expected for the 30th April
Your rapport should be around 15-25 pages, below the different parts that are expected:
– Description of the problematic and the sources of the data
– Descriptive statistics
o summary statistics for all the variables, correlation …
o spatial descriptive statistics for the dependent variable (Y) and the
main explanatory variables (X) § maps
§ Moran index
§ Moran diagram § Moran map
You should comment all these statistics and try to link what you observe for the dependent variable with the characteristics of the explanatory variables
– Econometrics
o Choose the best model and you present the result for this model,
if you have tested different models, explain how you select the
best model
o Test and comment the result of a non spatial model : OLS
o Moran test on the residual of this model and conclusion
o Tests between the different spatial model (SEM, SAR, SLX and
Durbin) + AIC criteria
o Present the best model, comment the marginal effects
– Conclusion and difficulties