Σύγκριση μεθόδων

	Isolation Index	Lorenz Curve
Πεδίο	Sociology	Sociology
Οικογένεια	Process / pipeline	Process / pipeline
Έτος προέλευσης	1954	1905
Δημιουργός	Wendell Bell (formalization of P* indices)	Max Otto Lorenz
Τύπος	Exposure-dimension segregation index	Graphical representation of distributional inequality
Θεμελιώδης πηγή	Bell, W. (1954). A probability model for the measurement of ecological segregation. Social Forces, 32(4), 357–364.	Lorenz, M. O. (1905). Methods of measuring the concentration of wealth. Publications of the American Statistical Association, 9(70), 209–219.
Εναλλακτικές ονομασίες	P* isolation index, interaction index, exposure index, Bell isolation index	Lorenz concentration curve, Lorenz diagram, cumulative share curve
Συναφείς	5	5
Σύνοψη	The isolation index measures the exposure dimension of segregation: the extent to which members of a minority group are exposed only to one another rather than to members of other groups. It answers the question 'what is the own-group share of the typical neighbor (or classmate, or coworker) that a member of the focal group encounters?' Unlike evenness measures, it depends on the relative size of the group as well as its spatial distribution.	The Lorenz curve is a graphical device that displays the full shape of inequality in a distribution by plotting the cumulative share of a quantity (such as income) held by the cumulative share of the population, ranked from poorest to richest. Introduced by Max Lorenz in 1905, it underlies the Gini coefficient and provides the basis for ranking distributions by inequality when one curve lies entirely above another.