Handbook on Constructing Composite Indicators

Co-operation, O. f. E., & Development, E. U. (2008). Handbook on Constructing Composite Indicators: Methodology and User Guide. OECD Publishing.

Type

Book

Intellectual base

Review or monograph

Year

2008

DOI

10.1787/9789264043466-en

ISBN

9789264043459

DOI registrant

OECD

Link

https://doi.org/10.1787/9789264043466-en

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Mechanisms

• Composite Indicator
  • … behind a neutral-looking score; a compensatory rule lets a strong dimension quietly mask a failing one; and above all, once an index is published and consequential, it becomes a target and the underlying measures get gamed until the index no longer means what it did — Goodhart's Law in its natural habitat.
• Dimension Weight Sensitivity Panel
  • The classic misuse runs the other way — a composite index publishes one weighting as objective and suppresses the sweep entirely, lending a values-laden ranking the authority of a measurement.

    This sourceExplains that subjective weighting and modelling choices shape the rankings and messages communicated by composite indicators.

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