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Table 1 Summary descriptive statistics of distance measurements and metrics

From: Comparison of distance measures in spatial analytical modeling for health service planning

Distance Metric

Min.

Max.

Range

Mean

Std.Dev.

Road Distance

0.43

30.68

30.25

11.82

5.27

Travel Time (*)

1.51

26.76

25.26

12.11

4.92

Euclidean Distance

0.40

25.45

25.05

9.37

4.63

Manhattan Distance

0.49

35.69

35.20

11.78

5.91

Minkowski Dist. (p = 1.54)

0.41

28.12

27.71

9.93

4.91

Minkowski Dist. (p = 1.31)

0.43

30.37

29.94

10.45

5.18

  1. (*) Expressed in Km./minutes, where 1 Km. = 1 minute