Performance Evaluation Based on the Robust Mahalanobis Distance and Multilevel Modeling Using Two New Strategies

S. Hussain, M. A. Mohamed, R. Holder, A. Almasri, G. Shukur
2008 Communications in statistics. Simulation and computation  
In this paper we propose a general framework for performance evaluation of organisations and individuals over time using routinely collected performance variables or indicators. Two new double robust and model-free strategies are used for evaluation (ranking) of sampling units. Strategy 1 can handle missing data using (RML) at stage two, while strategy two handle missing data at stage one. Strategy 2 has the advantage that overcomes multicollinearity problem. Strategy one requires independent
more » ... dicators for the construction of the distances, where strategy two does not. Two different domain examples are used to illustrate the application of URL: http://mc. Abstract. In this paper we propose a general framework for performance evaluation of organisations and individuals over time using routinely collected performance variables or indicators. Such variables or indicators are often correlated over time, with missing observations, and often come from heavy tailed distributions shaped by outliers. Two new double robust and modelfree strategies are used for evaluation (ranking) of sampling units. Strategy 1 can handle missing data using residual maximum likelihood (RML) at stage two, while strategy two handle missing data at stage one. Strategy 2 has the advantage that overcomes the problem of multicollinearity. Strategy one requires independent indicators for the construction of the distances, where strategy two does not. Two different domain examples are used to illustrate the application of the two strategies. Example one considers performance monitoring of gynaecologists and example two considers the performance of industrial firms.
doi:10.1080/03610910802311692 fatcat:vpk2ena6ungq5cboqxxhxjvhsq