Abstract
Shannon's entropy statistic is proposed as a means of measuring the degree of consensus in ordinal ratings of recreation site quality. Statistical procedures for estimation and hypotheses testing are described. The methodology is applied to data on ratings of the quality of various water-based recreation sites in the Boston area by a sample of households, and several explanations of the divergences in perceptions of quality are tested. -Author
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 241-251 |
| Number of pages | 11 |
| Journal | Journal of Environmental Management |
| Volume | 18 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| State | Published - 1984 |
| Externally published | Yes |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Environmental Engineering
- Waste Management and Disposal
- Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law