This study is a reproduction and replication of:
Spielman, S. E., Tuccillo, J., Folch, D. C., Schweikert, A., Davies, R., Wood, N., & Tate, E. (2020). Evaluating Social Vulnerability Indicators: Criteria and their Application to the Social Vulnerability Index. Natural Hazards, 100(1), 417–436. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11069-019-03820-z
The original paper develops methods to evaluate the validity of social vulnerability indicators and applies them to SoVI, revealing issues with internal consistency and construct validity. Their paper implements these methods by calculating SoVI over various spatial extents in the USA. We first reproduce their results and then extend their work with a replication study, determining how robust SoVI is to changes over time.
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Key words: social vulnerability, evaluation, social indicatorsSubject: select from the BePress TaxonomyDate created: 2023-06-12Date modified: 2023-08-02Spatial Coverage: United States, excluding Puerto RicoSpatial Resolution: Counties and county equivalentsSpatial Reference System: EPSG 4269 NAD83Temporal Coverage: 2008 - 2012 (data is the 2012 5-year ACS)Temporal Resolution: Specify the temporal resolution of your study—i.e. the duration of time for which each observation represents or the revisit period for repeated observationsFunding Name: NSF Directorate for Social, Behavioral and Economic SciencesFunding Title: Transforming theory-building and STEM education through reproductions and replications in the geographical sciencesAward info URI: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2049837Award number: BCS-2049837OSF Project: https://doi.org/10.17605/OSF.IO/DZPE9Reproduction Report Registration: https://doi.org/10.17605/OSF.IO/4S62BReplication Analysis Preregistration: https://doi.org/10.17605/OSF.IO/9NTDSReplication Report Registration:Preprint:Conference Presentation:Publication:Prior Study: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11069-019-03820-z and https://github.com/geoss/sovi-validityPrior Study: https://doi.org/10.1111/1540-6237.8402002Binder: https://mybinder.org/v2/gh/HEGSRR/RPl-Spielman-2020/HEADRights: LICENSE: BSD 3-Clause “New” or “Revised”Resource type: CollectionResource language: EnglishConforms to: Template for Reproducible and Replicable Research in Human-Environment and Geographical Sciences, DOI:10.17605/OSF.IO/W29MQThis research compendium is structured with four main directories:
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