Possible outcomes

The test statistic can be:

• significantly less than expected (one-sided left testing): a regular point pattern.
  • i.e. points are more spaced than in a random pattern
• significantly greater than expected (one-sided right testing): a clustered point pattern.
  • i.e. points are more aggregated than in a random pattern
• significantly different than expected (two-sided testing): a non-random point pattern.
• not significantly different than expected (one- or two-sided testing): the point pattern has not been shown to deviate from a random point pattern in one or both directions.