Using the Decision Trees to Improve Variable Selection for Building Composite Indicators

The established variable selection methods for building composite indicators have strong limitations with respect to the results obtained. Some of them focus on getting an index structure with a high alpha reliability and/or a high percentage of the total data variance explained. These methods are l...

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Main Authors: Adrian Oțoiu, Emilia Țițan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Czech Statistical Office 2020-09-01
Series:Statistika: Statistics and Economy Journal
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Online Access:https://www.czso.cz/documents/10180/125507865/32019720q3_otoiu_analyses.pdf/1df5f23d-9d37-4eaf-a68d-e06156d1a7a2?version=1.1