Using chi square and nearest neighbor coefficient to analyze the distribution pattern of religious services in the city of Halabja

Abstract

The service sector is considered as one of the urgent needs of the population, as well as regarded as the lifeblood of urban life and the source of the development of countries and institutions and the subject of their interest. It has also become a subject of interest for researchers .In this study, attention was paid to the religious service in the city of Halabja, and this study gains its importance through its comprehensive view on how the religious service is distributed in the city of Halabja using the quantitative and analytical method. To achieve the objective of the study, quantitative statistical methods identified by the GIS program were used, such as (chi-square) and the coefficient (nearest neighbor) to determine the pattern of distribution, and then analyze the results and determine the factors that affect that distribution, and it became clear to us through the use of (chi-square) that the distribution pattern of religious service in the city of Halabja is far from the regular distribution pattern.

Finally, this study recommends organizing religious services in the city of Halabja according to planning standards, especially when building mosques in the city in order to achieve social justice in the city of Halabja.