Research Catalog

Title

Handbook on Constructing Composite Indicators: Methodology and User Guide [electronic resource] / Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, European Union and JRC

Author

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.

Publication

Paris : OECD Publishing, 2008.

Details

Additional Authors

• European Union.
• JRC.

Description

162 p.; 19x27cm.

Summary

This Handbook is a guide for constructing and using composite indicators for policy makers, academics, the media and other interested parties. While there are several types of composite indicators, this Handbook is concerned with those which compare and rank country performance in areas such as industrial competitiveness, sustainable development, globalization and innovation. The Handbook aims to contribute to a better understanding of the complexity of composite indicators and to an improvement of the techniques currently used to build them. In particular, it contains a set of technical guidelines that can help constructors of composite indicators to improve the quality of their outputs.It has been prepared jointly by the OECD (the Statistics Directorate and the Directorate for Science, Technology and Industry) and the Applied Statistics and Econometrics Unit of the Joint Research Centre (JRC) of the European Commission in Ispra, Italy.

Subject

Economics

Contents

INTRODUCTION -- Pros and Cons of Composite Indicators -- Aim of the Handbook -- What's Next -- PART I. CONSTRUCTING A COMPOSITE INDICATOR -- 1. Steps for Constructing and Composite Indicator -- 2. A Quality Framework for Composite Indicators -- PART 2. A TOOLBOX FOR CONSTRUCTORS -- 3. Imputation of Missing Data -- 4. Multivariate Analysis -- 5. Normalisation -- 6. Weighting and Aggregation -- 7. Uncertainty and Sensitivity Analysis -- Concluding Remarks -- References -- Appendix: Technology Achievement Index

ISBN

9789264043466

LCCN

10.1787/9789264043466-en

OCLC

oecd-lib

Author

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.

Title

Handbook on Constructing Composite Indicators: Methodology and User Guide [electronic resource] / Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, European Union and JRC

Imprint

Paris : OECD Publishing, 2008.

Connect to:

Full text online available onsite at NYPL

Indexed Term

Economics

Added Author

European Union.

JRC.

Other Standard Identifier

10.1787/9789264043466-en doi