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. 2013 Oct 8;9:198. doi: 10.1186/1746-6148-9-198

Table 3.

PPV (%) of approximation methods versus map-based measures for sample areas in Aberdeenshire and Ayrshire

 
 
Current method
    All premises <1 km point distance All premises <3 km point distance All premises <5 km point distance All premises <26 m field distance All premises <151 m field distance All premises <1 km field distance By Voronoi tessellation By area weighted tessellation
Aberdeenshire
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Gold standard
All <15 m
65.2
22.7
10.4
93.9
85.0
37.4
38.1
36.4
All <15 m - river
62.3
21.4
9.9
87.7
79.4
35.0
35.7
34.1
All <15 m - road
55.1
19.6
8.9
79.8
72.2
31.8
32.3
31.2
All <15 m - river/road
52.2
18.3
8.3
73.6
66.7
29.3
29.9
28.9
All <15 m - river/road/ditch
49.3
16.5
7.5
66.9
60.6
26.7
26.9
26.3
All <15 m - river/ditch
59.4
18.9
8.8
78.5
71.1
31.3
31.6
30.6
Shared fence
52.2
18.4
8.4
74.8
67.8
29.8
31.3
29.8
Shared fence - river
50.7
17.8
8.1
72.4
65.6
28.9
29.9
28.6
 
Shared fence - river/ditch
49.3
16.2
7.4
66.3
60.0
26.4
27.2
26.3
Ayrshire
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Gold standard All <15 m
56.7
17.2
7.4
96.1
80.4
32.0
41.2
39.1
All <15 m - river
53.2
15.8
6.8
89.0
74.4
29.6
38.0
36.1
All <15 m - road
48.3
15.0
6.4
82.9
69.3
27.5
36.5
34.6
All <15 m - river/road
44.8
13.6
5.9
75.7
63.3
25.2
33.3
31.6
All <15 m - river/road/ditch
43.8
12.4
5.3
68.5
57.3
22.8
30.4
28.5
All <15 m - river/ditch
52.2
14.5
6.3
81.5
68.1
27.1
35.2
33.1
Shared fence
46.3
14.1
6.0
78.2
65.4
26.0
33.5
31.9
Shared fence - river
44.3
13.1
5.7
73.5
61.4
24.4
31.8
30.2
Shared fence - river/ditch 43.3 12.0 5.2 66.9 55.9 22.2 29.3 27.5