Measuring Resource Inequality: The Gini Coefficient

This paper stems from work done by the authors at the Mathematics for Social Justice Workshop held in June of 2007 at Middlebury College. We provide a description of the Gini coefficient and some discussion of how it can be used to promote quantitative literacy skills in mathematics courses. The Gin...

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Main Authors: Michael T. Catalano, Tanya L. Leise, Thomas J. Pfaff
Formato: Artigo
Idioma:Inglês
Publicado em: National Numeracy Network 2009-07-01
Colecção:Numeracy
Assuntos:
mathematics
quantitative literacy
inequality
Gini Coefficient
calculus
social justice
inequity
Lorenz Curves
Energy
energy resources
resource allocation
Acesso em linha:http://dx.doi.org/10.5038/1936-4660.2.2.4
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