Weighting methods in the construction of area deprivation indices

• Main Authors: Fam, Soo Fen, Ismail, Noriszura, Jemain, Abdul Aziz, Maukar, Anastasia Lidya, Yanto, Heri, Prastyo, Dedy Dwi, Chuan, Zun Liang
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: J Fundam Appl Sci. 2018
• Subjects: H Social Sciences (General)
• Online Access: http://eprints.utem.edu.my/id/eprint/24007/2/2018%201%20Weighting%20method%20deprivation.pdf; http://eprints.utem.edu.my/id/eprint/24007/; https://www.pjfas.jfas.info/index.php/jfas/article/view/4704

This study applies and compares several weighted average (WA) methods and Principal Component Analysis (PCA) for the construction of composite area-based deprivation index. The WA methods are based on weights that depend on standard deviation, correlation and data entropy. This paper also proposes t...