Σύγκριση μεθόδων

	Theil Segregation Index	Index of Dissimilarity
Πεδίο	Sociology	Sociology
Οικογένεια	Process / pipeline	Process / pipeline
Έτος προέλευσης	1971	1955
Δημιουργός	Henri Theil & Anthony Finizza	Otis Dudley Duncan & Beverly Duncan
Τύπος	Entropy-based multigroup segregation index	Index of evenness of two groups across units
Θεμελιώδης πηγή	Theil, H., & Finizza, A. J. (1971). A note on the measurement of racial integration of schools by means of informational concepts. Journal of Mathematical Sociology, 1(2), 187–193.	Duncan, O. D., & Duncan, B. (1955). A methodological analysis of segregation indexes. American Sociological Review, 20(2), 210–217.
Εναλλακτικές ονομασίες	Theil's H, information theory index, entropy segregation index, multigroup entropy index	dissimilarity index, Duncan index, D index, segregation index
Συναφείς	5	5
Σύνοψη	Theil's information index, denoted H, is an entropy-based measure of segregation that, unlike the two-group dissimilarity index, handles any number of groups at once. It compares the diversity (entropy) found within each unit to the diversity of the whole population: segregation is high when units are internally homogeneous even though the overall population is diverse. Its defining virtue is exact decomposability across nested levels and across groups.	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.