REVIEW OF SOME STATISTICAL METHODS FOR CONSTRUCTING COMPOSITE INDICATORS
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https://doi.org/10.25115/eea.v38i1.3002Keywords:
Composite indicators, Weighting, Aggregation, DEA-BoD, PCA, Distance P_2, Mazziotta Pareto IndexAbstract
The methodology for the construction process of composite indicators is reviewed in a step-by-step approach ranging from the ex-ante definition of the latent variable that is intended to be measure, through the construction process of the composite indicators. We focus particularly on four aggregations methods in order analayze weighting and aggregation approach, Distance P_2, Principal Component Analysis, Data Envelopment Analysis and Mazziotta-Pareto Index. An empirical comparison among them is provided and the composite indices divergences are shown.Downloads
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