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Wpływ sposobu normalizacji zmiennych na ocenę regionalnego zróżnicowania rolnictwa
Dependence of development level analysis of Polish agriculture on choice of ways of normalization

Author(s): Agata Binderman
Subject(s): Economy
Published by: Szkoła Główna Gospodarstwa Wiejskiego w Warszawie
Keywords: methods of normalization; synthetic measures; utility functions; agriculture development level; classification; class division

Summary/Abstract: The paper studied the problem of stability of evaluations of regional diversification of Polish agriculture with regard to the way of variables normalization. The methods applied use three types of normalization. The analysis is based on synthetic measures that use two patterns of objects. On the basis of synthetic measures there were made arrangement and classification of different voivodeships. The subject of this study was regional variability of Polish voivodeships in terms of level of agricultural development in the 2008 year. As diagnostic variables, factors affecting the development of agriculture were used. The paper is a continuation of the author's research in this field.

  • Issue Year: XI/2010
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 25-38
  • Page Count: 14
  • Language: Polish