Gross Domestic Product (GDP) per capita is often considered the most important measure of development as it reflects the average income level of a country's population. However, it is important to consider other indicators such as Human Development Index (HDI) which includes factors like education and health in addition to income.
Measurement is important for tracking progress, evaluating results, making informed decisions, and identifying areas for improvement. It provides quantifiable data that can be used to monitor performance, set goals, and ensure accountability. Additionally, measurement enables organizations to demonstrate their impact and effectiveness to stakeholders.
George Gallup is often considered the father of modern polling. He is credited with developing scientific polling methods that are still widely used today, such as random sampling and question wording. Gallup's work in the 1930s helped popularize the use of polls to measure public opinion.
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Instruments such as thermometers, barometers, anemometers, and hygrometers are commonly used to measure temperature, air pressure, wind speed, and humidity, respectively. These instruments provide valuable data for meteorologists to analyze and forecast weather conditions.
Demographics such as age, gender, and location are typically easy for a poll to measure since they are concrete and straightforward categories. Similarly, opinions on issues that have clear "yes" or "no" responses are also relatively simple for a poll to gather.
Consumer confidence is considered to be an economic indicator. It is a measure of how optimistic consumers are about their own personal finances and the state of the national economy.
The Standard & Poors 500 index is considered by many to be the bellwether indicator for the stock market. It includes 500 stocks that represent a broad range of markets and products. Therefore, the S&P 500 index is considered an excellent indicator of how the stock market is doing.
This is because it is hard to tell which indicator one has to use to measure development. For example, should you only focus on human development, GNP of the country, or equal participation in political participation?. From what I have read so far, the UNDP is focusing on the Human Development index to measure development which, according to me is not enough to measure development. For example, if you take a look at the 2006/2007 data, Myanmar is more developed than India and China, a country with gross human rights violation and almost no human Rights accountability is claimed to be more developed than countries like India. So, I would say that finding the right indicator is a hard thing to do in this regard. P.s, I am not Indian and there is no bias to my comment.
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An Ammeter would directly indicate a currents amperes. Simply attach it into the circuit you wish to measure and it will tell you.
indicators which has been added as a measure of the extent of democratic participation in social and political decision making but it has not been given extra weight ....
A dial indicator.
An indicator of some sort
Unemployment rate
use a pad wear indicator :)
price indicator
CPI (Consumer price index)