Do transformation methods matter? : the case of sustainability indicators in Czech regions

Hudrlíková, Lenka (author), Kramulova, Jana (author)

The general aim of a multitude of research projects is to assess a social, economic or environmental process or phenomenon by various indicators that are often measured in different units. In such situations, the data transformation and/or normalisation are inevitable. The present paper focuses on benefits and drawbacks of different normalisation methods. Further, it compares the results produced by several methods from the consistency and quality of the measurement perspective. The case of Czech NUTS 3 regions sustainability indicators is introduced. The authors employ 40 indicators divided into three sustainability pillars, attempting to conclude which method is the most suitable for further statistical analysis under the preference of dimensionless numbers.

• Language: English
• Keywords: Indicators, Indikatorji, Statistical methods, Statistične metode, Sustainable development, Trajnostni razvoj
• Work type: Not categorized
• Typology: 1.01 - Original Scientific Article
• Organization: FDV - Faculty of Social Sciences
• Publisher: Fakulteta za družbene vede
• Year: 2013
• Number of pages: Str. 31-48
• Numbering: Vol. 10, no. 1
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-77607
• UDC: 311.1:502.131.1
• ISSN on article: 1854-0023
• COBISS.SI-ID: 32231773
• Publication date in RUL: 30.12.2015

Record is a part of a journal

• Title: Metodološki zvezki
• Shortened title: Metodol. zv.
• Publisher: Fakulteta za družbene vede
• ISSN: 1854-0023
• COBISS.SI-ID: 215795712