canonical correlation analysis and estimated canonical weights are used as weights in the calculation of index scores. Findings … macroeconomic indices, this method of index construction is superior in at least two respects. First, direct measures of a country …

Summary Catching the effect of substitution behaviour in a Consumer Price Index (CPI) as good as possible is a goal … pursued by statistical agencies throughout the world. The difference between a CPI and a certain target cost-of-living index … is called substitution bias. Balk and Diewert (2003) considered the substitution bias of a Lowe Consumer Price Index; see …

Index-based Outlier Detection (HIOD) algorithm is proposed. HIOD can handle all datatypes that can be abstracted to metric …

semiotic potential of icons and symbols within print advertising. Furthermore, Val Larsen needs, they argue, the Peircean index …

synthesises these by answering the questions propounded in the introduction. A sustainable development index is constructed for … index incorporates most, but not all, of the World Bank’s sustainable development goals. Countries omit to supply data to …

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to develop and test a new public healthcare patient satisfaction index (PSI) in … Indonesia. More clearly, the index measures overall patient satisfaction and its determinants. Design … multiple regression analysis. Findings – A new public healthcare PSI was developed and tested. The index consists of overall …