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Download Solution PDFWhich of the following is a mathematical curve that shows a visual extent of departure for any given distribution?
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Download Solution PDFLorenz curve is a mathematical curve that shows a visual extent of departure for any given distribution.
Lorenz curve:
- In economics, the Lorenz curve is a graphical representation of the distribution of income or of wealth.
- It was developed by Max O. Lorenz in 1905 for representing inequality of wealth distribution.
- The percentage of households is plotted on the x-axis, the percentage of income on the y-axis.
- The values are cumulative in nature.
- It can also be used to show the distribution of assets. In such use, many economists consider it to be a measure of social inequality.
- It is also useful in business modeling: e.g., in consumer finance, to measure the actual percentage y% of delinquencies attributable to the x% of people with worst risk scores.
Gini Coefficient:
- The Gini coefficient is a single number aimed at measuring the degree of inequality in a distribution.
- It was developed by the Italian statistician and sociologist Corrado Gini and published in his 1912 paper Variability and Mutability
- It is most often used in economics to measure how far a country's wealth or income distribution deviates from a totally equal distribution.
- G = A/(A + B)
- It is also equal to 2A and to 1 − 2B due to the fact that A + B = 0.5
- Since the axes scale from 0 to 1
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