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Table 8 Results of sensitivity analysis (Sobol’s indexes)

From: The approaches to measuring the potential spatial access to urban health services revisited: distance types and aggregation-error issues

Transformation

Z-score

0–1

Ranks

First order sensitivity index

 Distance type (n = 6)

3.34

6.05

3.12

 Aggregation method (n = 4)

0.01

0.10

0.83

 Accessibility measure (n = 14)

86.00

79.91

74.17

Second order sensitivity index (interaction)

 Distance type versus aggregation method

0.02

0.01

0.24

 Distance type versus accessibility measure

10.19

13.52

19.76

 Aggregation method versus accessibility measure

0.15

0.31

1.33

Total explained variance

99.71

99.89

99.44

Total sensitivity index

 Distance type

13.55

19.58

23.12

 Aggregation method

0.18

0.41

2.40

 Accessibility measure

96.34

93.73

95.25