Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2015
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.1155/2015/347501
Abstract
This paper outlines how to compute community priority indices in the context of multicriteria decision making in community settings. A simple R function was developed and validated with community needs assessment data. Particularly, the first part of this paper briefly overviews the existing methods for priority setting and reviews the utility of a multicriteria decision-making approach for community-based prioritization. The second part illustrates how community priority indices can be calculated using the freely available R program to handle community data by showing the computational and mathematical steps of CPI (Community Priority Index) with bootstrapped 95% confidence intervals.
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This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
Was this content written or created while at USF?
Yes
Citation / Publisher Attribution
Computational and Mathematical Methods in Medicine, v. 2015, art. 347501
Scholar Commons Citation
Salihu, Hamisu M.; Salinas-Miranda, Abraham A.; Paothong, Arnut; Wang, Wei; and King, Lindsey M., "Community-Based Decision Making and Priority Setting Using the R Software: The Community Priority Index" (2015). Epidemiology and Biostatistics Faculty Publications. 15.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/epb_facpub/15
