Handbook on constructing composite indicators
Subtitle: methodology and user guide.
Contributors: European Commission. Joint Research Centre.; Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.; SourceOECD (Online service)
Publisher: OECD; OCDE; OECD Publishing
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Paris
Language: eng
Format: Electronic resource
Number of pages: 158
ISBN-13: 9789264043459
Subjects: Economic indicators -- Methodology.; Technology indicators -- Methodology.
Description: This handbook is a guide for constructing and using composite indicators for policy makers, academics, the media and other interested parties. While there are several types of composite indicators, this handbook is concerned with those which compare and rank country performance in areas such as industrial competitiveness, sustainable development, globalization and innovation. The handbook aims to contribute to a better understanding of the complexity of composite indicators and to an improvement of the techniques currently used to build them. In particular, it contains a set of technical guidelines that can help constructors of composite indicators to improve the quality of their outputs.--Publisher's description.
Notes: Title from PDF t.p. (publisher's Web site, viewed on Sept. 4, 2008).

"... jointly prepared by the OECD ... and the Joint Research Centre (JRC) of the European Commission"--Foreword.

Includes bibliographical references.