A Logarithmic Technique for Decomposing Change
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2331345 |
|---|---|
| Authors | James F O''Connor, James F O'Connor (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1977 |
| Volume | 6 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 91-102 |
| Publication date | 1977-08-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Sociological Methods & Research (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0049-1241 • E-ISSN: 1552-8294 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/004912417700600104 |
| OpenAlex | W1981988580 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 7 |
Building upon informal practices, this paper describes a logarithmic technique for decomposing change in a quantity which is assumed to be the product of several factors. Using logs, one can decompose change expressed as a ratio and allocate the change to changes in the factors. The technique is appropriate for examining change in a quantity which is assumed to be the product of several factors; in such situations this technique is much easier to use and produces simpler results than the usual decomposition of differences (Kitagawa, 1955). The technique is applied to data originally examined using the usual decomposition of a difference
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| Unique citing works | 5 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,11 |
| Citation span | 1979 - 1991 (13) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |