Σύγκριση μεθόδων

	Lorenz Curve	Index of Dissimilarity
Πεδίο	Sociology	Sociology
Οικογένεια	Process / pipeline	Process / pipeline
Έτος προέλευσης	1905	1955
Δημιουργός	Max Otto Lorenz	Otis Dudley Duncan & Beverly Duncan
Τύπος	Graphical representation of distributional inequality	Index of evenness of two groups across units
Θεμελιώδης πηγή	Lorenz, M. O. (1905). Methods of measuring the concentration of wealth. Publications of the American Statistical Association, 9(70), 209–219.	Duncan, O. D., & Duncan, B. (1955). A methodological analysis of segregation indexes. American Sociological Review, 20(2), 210–217.
Εναλλακτικές ονομασίες	Lorenz concentration curve, Lorenz diagram, cumulative share curve	dissimilarity index, Duncan index, D index, segregation index
Συναφείς	5	5
Σύνοψη	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.	The index of dissimilarity, often called the Duncan segregation index, measures how unevenly two groups — such as two racial or occupational groups — are distributed across a set of units like neighborhoods, schools, or occupations. It ranges from 0, when both groups have identical distributions across units, to 1, when the units are completely segregated, and has the intuitive interpretation of the share of one group that would have to relocate to achieve an even distribution.