Central MA Best Communities 2012: How We Got the Numbers
Thursday, June 28, 2012
In evaluating the 351 cities and towns of Massachusetts, GoLocalWorcester looked at five broad categories: affordability, economic condition, education, safety, and arts and culture, which were further broken down into indicators of how well the cities and towns performed in each area.
Affordability
Economic Condition
Education
Safety
Arts and Culture
Weighting the formula
The data for each of these measures, once obtained, was standardized to per capita where appropriate, and then assessed against the cohort's mean. Finally, each category received a weighting in a formula to yield the final rankings.
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