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Zastosowanie statystyk przestrzennych w analizie dostępności do infrastruktury ICT w Polsce
Application of Spatial Statistics in the Analysis of the Accessibility of the ICT Infrastructure in Poland

Author(s): Monika Miśkiewicz-Nawrocka, Katarzyna Zeug-Żebro
Subject(s): Economy, ICT Information and Communications Technologies
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Rzeszowskiego
Keywords: spatial autocorrelation; ICT infrastructure; synthetic measure of development

Summary/Abstract: The ICT sector is a very important element in economic activity. Its development can boost economic growth, innovation and competitiveness of the economy and increase employment. The ICT infrastructure is inextricably linked to the Internet and the possibilities of its dissemination, ie. the technical availability and the cost of access to the Internet as well as the cost of Internet equipment.The paper presents an analysis of the accessibility of ICT in Poland using spatial statistics. The data used in the study come from the Local Data Bank of the Central Statistical Office. All calculations and maps were made in the R CRAN.

  • Issue Year: 2/2015
  • Issue No: 44
  • Page Range: 43-55
  • Page Count: 13
  • Language: Polish