Comparer des méthodes

	Theil Segregation Index	Index of Dissimilarity
Domaine	Sociology	Sociology
Famille	Process / pipeline	Process / pipeline
Année d'origine	1971	1955
Auteur d'origine	Henri Theil & Anthony Finizza	Otis Dudley Duncan & Beverly Duncan
Type	Entropy-based multigroup segregation index	Index of evenness of two groups across units
Source fondatrice	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.
Alias	Theil's H, information theory index, entropy segregation index, multigroup entropy index	dissimilarity index, Duncan index, D index, segregation index
Apparentées	5	5
Résumé	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.