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An Introduction to "Benefit of the Doubt" Composite Indicators
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Cherchye, Laurens; Moesen, Willem; Rogge, Nicky; Van Puyenbroeck, Tom – Social Indicators Research, 2007
Despite their increasing use, composite indicators remain controversial. The undesirable dependence of countries' rankings on the preliminary normalization stage, and the disagreement among experts/stakeholders on the specific weighting scheme used to aggregate sub-indicators, are often invoked to undermine the credibility of composite indicators.…
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Social Indicators, Credibility, Multiple Regression Analysis