The Weighting of Composite Indicators from the Perspective of Consensus

Although there are many studies concerned with the problem of weighting composite indicators, which includes procedures for obtaining weights from expert opinion, little attention is paid to the way experts assess the weights of individual indicators or the effect that Conversion of the evaluation format exerts on the levels of consensus. This research is particularly interested in identifying which function of converting the evaluation format reaches the highest degree of consensus between the experts' judgments and the collective evaluation. Understanding the extent of this effect helps identify which conversion functions generate the weights most compatible with experts' opinions. This identification is relevant because it makes it possible to weigh the composite indicators with the set of weights most compatible with the collective opinion, avoiding less representative considerations with the experts' evaluations