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Calculates average dissimilarities between countries, group-wise country dissimilarities, and silhouette widths.

Usage

compute_variation(
  wdi_data,
  diss_matrix = compute_dissimilarity(wdi_data),
  group_var
)

Arguments

wdi_data

A data frame of the indicator data generated by get_wdi_data

diss_matrix

An optional dissimilarity matrix generated by compute_dissimilarity

group_var

A grouping variable in the WDI data set (e.g., "region" or "income")

Value

A data frame with columns country, group, country_avg_dist, within_group_dist, and sil_width.

Examples

pm_variation <- compute_variation(pm_data, group_var = "region")