Techniques for defining school catchment areas for comparison with census data

Computers, Environment and Urban Systems

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 283-303

  Pearce, J ^a  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Location allocation; Primary school league tables; Voronoi polygons

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; STATISTICAL METHODS;

LEAGUE TABLES; PRIMARY SCHOOL;

EDUCATION;

CENSUS; EDUCATION; METHODOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS;

EID: 0034028529     PISSN: 01989715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0198-9715(99)00045-9     Document Type: Conference Paper

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