Quantifying information content in survey data by entropy

DOI10.3390/E12020161zbMATH Open1229.94031OpenAlexW2064053661MaRDI QIDQ653347FDOQ653347

Authors: Fredrik A. Dahl, Nina Østerås 

Publication date: 9 January 2012

Published in: Entropy (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.3390/e12020161

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zbMATH Keywords

entropyinformationsurveydataquestionnaire

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Information theory (general) (94A15) Measures of information, entropy (94A17) Sampling theory in information and communication theory (94A20)

Cites Work

• A Mathematical Theory of Communication
• An information-theoretic approach to the effective usage of auxiliary information from survey data

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