Measuring Calibrated Diversity Index Open Access

Abstract

This study evaluates how the true diversity of the student, faculty, and entire Emory community, according to the sample, is in the perspective of the individuals. The data for this study was acquired from a survey that was composed with the participants’ self-report of their demographic attributes– gender, sexual orientation, race/ethnicity, political view, and their socioeconomic status– and their personal rating of importance of each attribute into the notion of diversity. With the data sample, this study utilized the Simpson’s Diversity Index and modified it in a way to get the result of the probability that two individuals randomly selected from a population are different and with the calibration factor– relative weight values– that represent individuals' own definition of diversity.

Table of Contents

Introduction

 

I.         What is Diversity

 

 

II.       What is Diversity Index

 

 

III.      Novelty of Research

 

 

Methodology

 

I.         Data Collection

 

 

II.       Survey Description

 

 

III.      Descriptive Statistics

 

 

IV.      Empirical Methods

A. Equation

 

 

B. Data Analysis

 

 

Results

 

I.         Subgroups

 

 

II.       Primary Analysis

 

 

A. Diversity of Emory University’s Population

III.                    Secondary Analysis

A.     Diversity Indices

B.      Relative Weight Values

C.      Statistical Testing

D.     Trend of Relative Weight Proportions

IV.                     Nature of Study Results

Limitation to the Study and Future Directions                                                               

I.                            Actual Emory University Demographic Statistics

II.                        Limitations

III.                    Future Directions

Conclusion                                                                                                                           

References                                                                                                                            

Appendix                                                                                                                              

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School	Emory College
Department	Economics and Mathematics
Degree	B.A.
Submission	Honors Thesis
Language	English
Research Field	Economics, General Mathematics
Keyword	Diversity
Committee Chair / Thesis Advisor	McMillon, David, Emory University
Committee Members	Ettinger, Bree, Emory University Banerjee, Samiran (Shomu) , Emory University

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