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Srijit Mishra

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Group Differential Measures, Srijit Mishra Mar 2011

Group Differential Measures, Srijit Mishra

Srijit Mishra

This lecture about group differential is based on ongoing research that proposes measure to capture the fact that same gap at a higher level of attainment or lower level of failure should be considered as worse off.


Hdi: The Old, The New And The Elegant, Srijit Mishra Mar 2011

Hdi: The Old, The New And The Elegant, Srijit Mishra

Srijit Mishra

This lecture critically discusses the HDI measure, the old measure of linear averaging (arithmetic mean), the new measure of geometric mean and a proposed new measure which is the inverse of the shortfall of the Euclidean distance from the ideal.