Monitoring Human Development Goals: A Straightforward (Bayesian) Methodology for Cross-National Indices

Autor/inn/en	Abayomi, Kobi; Pizarro, Gonzalo
Titel	Monitoring Human Development Goals: A Straightforward (Bayesian) Methodology for Cross-National Indices
Quelle	In: Social Indicators Research, 110 (2013) 2, S.489-515 (27 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0303-8300
DOI	10.1007/s11205-011-9946-y
Schlagwörter	Bayesian Statistics; Intervals; Guidelines; Measurement; Cross Cultural Studies; Indexes; Social Indicators; Scores; Probability; Economic Development; International Organizations; Mothers; Health; Neonates + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Richtlinien; Messverfahren; Cultural comparison; Kulturvergleich; Indexdatei; Social indicator; Sozialer Indikator; Wahrscheinlichkeitsrechnung; Wahrscheinlichkeitstheorie; Wirtschaftsentwicklung; International organisation; International organisations; International organization; Internationale Organisation; Mother; Mutter; Gesundheit; Neugeborenes Kind
Abstract	We offer a straightforward framework for measurement of progress, across many dimensions, using cross-national social indices, which we classify as linear combinations of multivariate country level data onto a univariate score. We suggest a Bayesian approach which yields probabilistic (confidence type) intervals for the point estimates of country scores--a vital, and often missing, feature in cross-national comparisons. We demonstrate our approach using the United Nations Development Programme's Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), via the Maternal and Neonatal Program Effort Index (MNPI) data (Ross et al. in "Trop Med Inter Health" 6(10):787-798, 2001), and Human Development Index (HDI) (2010) as examples. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10