CLASSIFICATION METHODS IN COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF THE SOCIO-ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF POLISH VOIVODESHIPS IN 2010 AND 2014 – THE IMPACT OF DATA NORMALIZATION PROCEDURES ON RESULTS OF RANKING Cover Image

METODY KLASYFIKACJI W ANALIZIE PORÓWNAWCZEJ ROZWOJU SPOŁECZNO-GOSPODARCZEGO POLSKICH WOJEWÓDZTW W LATACH 2010 I 2014 – WPŁYW PROCEDURY NORMALIZACJI NA WYNIK RANKINGU
CLASSIFICATION METHODS IN COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF THE SOCIO-ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF POLISH VOIVODESHIPS IN 2010 AND 2014 – THE IMPACT OF DATA NORMALIZATION PROCEDURES ON RESULTS OF RANKING

Author(s): Jan Malchar, Monika Zielińska–Sitkiewicz
Subject(s): National Economy, Socio-Economic Research
Published by: Szkoła Główna Gospodarstwa Wiejskiego w Warszawie
Keywords: ranking; data normalization; synthetic taxonomic measures; SMR; BZW;socio-economic development;

Summary/Abstract: The main aim of the paper is analysis the impact of changes of the classification methods and formulas of the data normalization on the result of the linear ordering. In the present study uses synthetic taxonomic measure SMR and the relative level of development BZW to compare the socio-economic development level of Polish voivodeships in 2010 and 2014. In the process of multidimensional comparative analysis the formulas of the classical standardization, Weber standardization and unitarisation were used. Keywords: ranking, data normalization, synthetic taxonomic measures, SMR, BZW, socio-economic development

  • Issue Year: XVIII/2017
  • Issue No: 4
  • Page Range: 643-652
  • Page Count: 10
  • Language: Polish
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