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A Generalized Index of Dissimilarity

Author(s) -

James M. Sakoda

Publication year - 1981

Publication title -

demography

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.099

H-Index - 129

eISSN - 1533-7790

pISSN - 0070-3370

DOI - 10.2307/2061096

Subject(s) - contingency table , index (typography) , statistics , interpretation (philosophy) , table (database) , mathematics , index of dissimilarity , contingency , econometrics , computer science , data mining , linguistics , philosophy , world wide web , programming language

The index of dissimilarity can be interpreted as the ratio of the number that must be moved from cells of excess to cells of deficit to achieve even distribution. This interpretation is used to generalize the index in two directions. First, the index is made applicable to more than two groups at a time. Second, an index and a test of significance are made available for explorations of cells of a two-way contingency table. DISSIM is the name of a computer program which provides these calculations for contingency tables.

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