DIVCAT: Stata module to calculate five measures of diversity for multiple categories

Dirk Enzmann

Statistical Software Components from Boston College Department of Economics

Abstract: divcat calculates five measures of diversity for multiple categories: Generalized variance (GV), entropy (H), its normalized counterparts (NGV, NH), and polarization (RQ).

Language: Stata
Requires: Stata version 11.1
Keywords: diversity; entropy; generalized variance; polarization (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015-01-24
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http://fmwww.bc.edu/repec/bocode/d/divsump.mo object code (application/x-stata)
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