Ocena stabilności wyników klasyfikacji województw polski pod względem poziomu życia ludności
Evaluation of the results stability of the polish voivodships’ classification
Author(s): Małgorzata Machowska-Szewczyk, Agnieszka Sompolska-RzechułaSubject(s): Economy, Geography, Regional studies, Evaluation research, Socio-Economic Research
Published by: Szkoła Główna Gospodarstwa Wiejskiego w Warszawie
Keywords: stability of results of classification; Ward’s method; measures of fit;
Summary/Abstract: The work presents evaluation of the results stability of the Polish regions’ classification in terms of a living standard. The research covered the period 2002-2009. Selection of diagnostic features was carried out in a dynamic way, so that the final set of features is valid not only in the period considered, but also in the future. For the regions’ classification Ward’s method was used and the fit of dendrograms distance to matrix D was checked by using the cophenetic correlation coefficient, the indicator of the overall fit and the STRESS measure. Using the similarity indices of the classification results, it was found that the classifications have a fairly good stability in time.
Journal: Metody Ilościowe w Badaniach Ekonomicznych
- Issue Year: XIII/2012
- Issue No: 3
- Page Range: 159-168
- Page Count: 10
- Language: Polish