Synthetic measure

A synthetic measure (or synthetic indicator) is a value that is the result of combining other metrics, which are measurements of various features.

Examples

Quality of service

There is a method to measure quality of service in hotels. In related study ^[1] authors aggregate tourist opinions, measured on a scale from 1 to 10. Synthetic measure (indicator) of service quality in each hotel is calculated with the help of the aggregation operator.

Project performance

Other study^[2] proposed to use classical parameters EV, PV and AC to carry out the synthetic measure of project performance.

Rankings of countries

Different normalized stimulants and destimulants were used in research^[3] to create synthetic measure that selects countries with the best and the worst levels of implementation of Europe 2020 targets.