Spatial predictive properties of built environment characteristics assessed by drop-and-spin virtual neighborhood auditing.
Jesse J PlascakMario SchootmanAndrew G RundleCathleen XingAdana A M LlanosAntoinette M StroupStephen J MooneyPublished in: International journal of health geographics (2020)
Audits of sidewalk and intersection characteristics exhibit pronounced variability, requiring more spatially dense samples than neighborhood physical disorder audits do for equivalent accuracy. Incorporating rater effects into spatial models improves predictive accuracy especially among neighborhood physical disorder-related items.