While it takes some work, this is statistically a no-brainer. What
you need are sales records for pairs of houses in the same
neighborhood around the same time. One house is near an Abominable
Tower while another is far away from such a thing, in the pristine
wilderness of Suburbia. these are "matched pairs."
You'll need 8 to 10 matched pairs and more is always better. Compute
the price of each house on a per sq ft basis. (this is why they need
to be similar homes in similar neighborhoods).
Then, perform a matched-pairs t-test for a difference in the mean
prices of each type of home. Many many years ago, a good friend faced
a similar problem in the People's Republic of Boulder (motto:
"There's no problem we can't legislate away.") and did just this. He
found that there was no significant difference between the selling
prices on a price per sq ft basis. He still lost, though, because
Boulder is, well... Boulder.
73,
Kim Elmore, N5OP
At 12:00 PM 3/17/2009, CRAIG CLARK wrote:
>Yet again, the local paper is filled with letters decrying a drop in real
>estate values as well as potential health hazards from the installation of a
>cell tower in a residential area.
>
>I'm looking for references that will either prove or disprove these "facts."
>
>My radiation bio-effects data from my Ham Radio Magazine days is a bit dated
>and I am looking for newer studies. Also, regarding real estate, I know
>several here have had their own battles with Ham towers and I wonder if
>you'd have anything about your ham towers and did they effect real estate
>prices.
>
>I've got some data from a google search but this group is a veritable fount
>of wisdom so I thought I'd tap our cumulative knowledge.
>
>73 Craig
>
>Craig Clark K1QX
>Radioware
>PO Box 209
>Rindge NH 03461
>603 899 6957
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