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Una revisión crítica para la construcción de indicadores sintéticos = A Critical Review to Construct Composite Indicators

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  • Domínguez Serrano, Mónica

    (Departamento de Economía, Métodos Cuantitativos e Historia Económica, Universidad Pablo de Olavide, de Sevilla (España))

  • Blancas Peral, Francisco Javier

    (Departamento de Economía, Métodos Cuantitativos e Historia Económica, Universidad Pablo de Olavide, de Sevilla (España))

  • Guerrero Casas, Flor María

    (Departamento de Economía, Métodos Cuantitativos e Historia Económica, Universidad Pablo de Olavide, de Sevilla (España))

  • González Lozano, Mercedes

    (Departamento de Economía Aplicada (Matemáticas), Universidad de Málaga)

Abstract

En este trabajo presentamos un análisis crítico de algunas de las técnicas más aplicadas en la práctica para obtener medidas sintéticas a partir de un sistema de subindicadores previo. En el estudio de cada metodología identificamos las ventajas e inconvenientes asociadas a cada una de ellas, prestando especial atención a cuestiones tales como la reducción de la subjetividad asociada al indicador sintético, la facilidad de interpretación de los resultados, la complejidad operacional, etc. Así, ofrecemos un documento que puede ser utilizado por parte de los analistas para elegir aquella técnica que más se adecue al estudio que pretendan realizar. This paper presents a critical analysis of some of the techniques which are applied in practice to obtain composite indicators from a previous sub-indicator system. In studying each methodology, we identify the advantages and disadvantages associated with them, paying particular attention to issues such as reducing the subjectivity associated with synthetic indicator, the ease of interpretation of results, operational complexity, etc. Therefore, we offer a document that can be used by analysts to choose the methodology that best suits their studies.

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  • Domínguez Serrano, Mónica & Blancas Peral, Francisco Javier & Guerrero Casas, Flor María & González Lozano, Mercedes, 2011. "Una revisión crítica para la construcción de indicadores sintéticos = A Critical Review to Construct Composite Indicators," Revista de Métodos Cuantitativos para la Economía y la Empresa = Journal of Quantitative Methods for Economics and Business Administration, Universidad Pablo de Olavide, Department of Quantitative Methods for Economics and Business Administration, vol. 11(1), pages 41-70, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:pab:rmcpee:v:11:y:2011:i:1:p:41-70
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    Keywords

    Indicador sintético; metodologías de agregación; multi-variante; multicriterio; composite indicator; aggregation methodologies; multivariate analysis; multicriteria analysis;
    All these keywords.

    JEL classification:

    • C61 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Mathematical Methods; Programming Models; Mathematical and Simulation Modeling - - - Optimization Techniques; Programming Models; Dynamic Analysis
    • C1 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Econometric and Statistical Methods and Methodology: General
    • C43 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Econometric and Statistical Methods: Special Topics - - - Index Numbers and Aggregation

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