Complexity in society : from indicators construction to their synthesis /: from indicators construction to their synthesis. ([2017])
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- Book
- Title:
- Complexity in society : from indicators construction to their synthesis /: from indicators construction to their synthesis. ([2017])
- Main Title:
- Complexity in society : from indicators construction to their synthesis
- Further Information:
- Note: Filomena Maggino, editor.
- Editors:
- Maggino, Filomena
- Contents:
- 1. Complexity: Between Rhetoric and Science -- 2. Building Knowledge. Between Measure and Meaning: A Phenomenological Approach -- 3. Socio-economic Statistics for a Complex World: Perspectives and Challenges in the Big Data Era -- 4. Developing Indicators and Managing the Complexity -- 5. Dealing with Syntheses in a System of Indicators -- 6. Scalability of Composite Indices: Complexity Complications and Findings from 15 Years of Monitoring Child and Youth Well-Being in the United States -- 7. Synthesis of Indicators: The Composite Indicators Approach -- 8. Synthesis of Indicators: The Non-aggregative Approach -- 9. The Role of Extended IRT Models for Composite Indicators Construction -- 10. Synthesis of Indicators Through Weighting: The Experiences of Quality of Life Measures -- 11. The Role of Normalisation in Building Composite Indicators. Rationale and Consequences of Different Strategies, Applied to Social Inclusion -- 12. Evaluation of Life Satisfaction in Italy: Proposal of a Synthetic Measure Based on Poset Theory -- 13. Joint Analysis of Structural Models and Performance: Merging Clustering and Composite Indicators in the Analysis of Europe 2020 Strategy.
- Publisher Details:
- Cham, Switzerland : Springer
- Publication Date:
- 2017
- Copyright Date:
- 2017
- Extent:
- 1 online resource (332 pages), illustrations
- Subjects:
- 306
Social sciences
Social indicators
Social indicators -- Research
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Cultural Policy
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Popular Culture
Social indicators
Social indicators -- Research
Social Science -- Statistics
Social Science -- Sociology -- General
Social research & statistics
Social issues & processes
Social sciences -- Methodology
Statistics
Quality of Life -- Research
Social Science -- Methodology
Electronic books - Languages:
- English
- ISBNs:
- 9783319605951
- Related ISBNs:
- 331960595X
9783319605937
3319605933 - Notes:
- Note: Includes bibliographical references.
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