Developing indicators
Issues in the Use of Quantitative Data About Poverty
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6327609 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Paul Spicker (0000-0001-8003-3459, Centre for Public Policy and Management Robert Gordon University Aberdeen, UK, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2004 |
| Volume | 32 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 431-440 |
| Publication date | 2004-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Policy & Politics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0305-5736 • E-ISSN: 1470-8442 |
| Publisher | Bristol University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1332/0305573042009499 |
| OpenAlex | W2036216695 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 6 |
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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| Unique citing works | 4 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0.19 |
| Citation span | 2005 - 2020 (16) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |