Research Article

Comparision of Kernel Functions in Geographically Weighted Regression Model: Suicide Data as an Application

Volume: 5 Number: 2 December 30, 2021
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Comparision of Kernel Functions in Geographically Weighted Regression Model: Suicide Data as an Application

Abstract

The traumatic traces of suicide in a society and the emotional devastation due to these losses make it very important to determine the causes of suicide. In this study, the number of suicides data was used for Turkey’s 81 provinces in 2019.The effects of factors affecting suicide and spatial differences on suicide were analyzed and predicted with geographically weighted regression models (GWR). GWR models were applied with different kernel functions, and the best GWR model was found with the bisquare kernel function. Factors affecting suicide numbers were established as human development index, proportion of internet users, and numbers of unemployment. When the results were examined, it was seen that the number of suicides in the provinces was affected by different factors. In addition, the 2019 suicide numbers and predicted values were mapped, and the results were found to be quite similar. The province with the highest number of suicides across the country was Istanbul.

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Primary Language

English

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Journal Section

Research Article

Publication Date

December 30, 2021

Submission Date

April 13, 2021

Acceptance Date

August 23, 2021

Published in Issue

Year 2021 Volume: 5 Number: 2

APA
Koc, T., & Akın, P. (2021). Comparision of Kernel Functions in Geographically Weighted Regression Model: Suicide Data as an Application. Acta Infologica, 5(2), 333-340. https://doi.org/10.26650/acin.914952
AMA
1.Koc T, Akın P. Comparision of Kernel Functions in Geographically Weighted Regression Model: Suicide Data as an Application. ACIN. 2021;5(2):333-340. doi:10.26650/acin.914952
Chicago
Koc, Tuba, and Pelin Akın. 2021. “Comparision of Kernel Functions in Geographically Weighted Regression Model: Suicide Data As an Application”. Acta Infologica 5 (2): 333-40. https://doi.org/10.26650/acin.914952.
EndNote
Koc T, Akın P (December 1, 2021) Comparision of Kernel Functions in Geographically Weighted Regression Model: Suicide Data as an Application. Acta Infologica 5 2 333–340.
IEEE
[1]T. Koc and P. Akın, “Comparision of Kernel Functions in Geographically Weighted Regression Model: Suicide Data as an Application”, ACIN, vol. 5, no. 2, pp. 333–340, Dec. 2021, doi: 10.26650/acin.914952.
ISNAD
Koc, Tuba - Akın, Pelin. “Comparision of Kernel Functions in Geographically Weighted Regression Model: Suicide Data As an Application”. Acta Infologica 5/2 (December 1, 2021): 333-340. https://doi.org/10.26650/acin.914952.
JAMA
1.Koc T, Akın P. Comparision of Kernel Functions in Geographically Weighted Regression Model: Suicide Data as an Application. ACIN. 2021;5:333–340.
MLA
Koc, Tuba, and Pelin Akın. “Comparision of Kernel Functions in Geographically Weighted Regression Model: Suicide Data As an Application”. Acta Infologica, vol. 5, no. 2, Dec. 2021, pp. 333-40, doi:10.26650/acin.914952.
Vancouver
1.Tuba Koc, Pelin Akın. Comparision of Kernel Functions in Geographically Weighted Regression Model: Suicide Data as an Application. ACIN. 2021 Dec. 1;5(2):333-40. doi:10.26650/acin.914952