SCAM effects when making comparisons

• Another way of assessing the SCAM effect is to compare the data (e.g. in-migration) for two locations for which one has been modified (e.g. Leicester) and the other has not (e.g. Edinburgh)

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Yet another way of examining the effects of SCAM is to compare the data (e.g. in-migration) for two locations where one has been modified by SCAM and the other has not; e.g. somewhere in England and Scotland respectively.

We might select Leicester, for example, and compare its in-migration with in-migration to a place of similar size in Scotland. Edinburgh and Aberdeen are the Scottish cities with closest population size; Edinburgh is more populous than Leicester; Aberdeen is less populous