Developing indicators

Issues in the Use of Quantitative Data About Poverty

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ID6327609
AutoresPaul Spicker (0000-0001-8003-3459, Centre for Public Policy and Management Robert Gordon University Aberdeen, UK, autor de correspondencia)
Año2004
Volumen32
Número4
Páginas431-440
Fecha de publicación2004-10-01
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaPolicy & Politics (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0305-5736 • E-ISSN: 1470-8442
EditorialBristol University Press (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1332/0305573042009499
OpenAlexW2036216695
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas4
Referencias citadas6

English Indicators are often confused with measures. This article argues that precise measurement is often inappropriate in relation to complex, multidimensional issues such as poverty. A good indicator should be understood as a pointer, not a measure. It should be accessible, robust and reinforced by other pointers. By treating indicators as quantities, summary indices conceal key issues, hide the values and concepts implicit in the exercise, and are vulnerable to mathematical accident. Using multiple indicators is sounder in principle, in methodological terms, and in practical application

Business · Computer security · Data mining · Econometrics · Economic growth · Economics · Key (lock · Management science · Measure (data warehouse · Pointer (user interface · Poverty · Relation (database · Risk analysis (engineering · Computer Science · Income, Poverty, and Inequality · Mathematics · Artificial Intelligence

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