Metrics such as equity, vulnerability, sustainability, and risk are crucial for organizations to evaluate needs, track progress, and allocate resources. Creating these metrics involves combining multiple variables into a composite index, which may seem straightforward but can present challenges. This workshop will teach you how to use the Calculate Composite Index tool in ArcGIS Pro to develop effective indices. We will guide you through every step of the process, ensuring that you acquire the necessary skills to generate robust indices that facilitate improved decision-making.

Timestamp:

• 00:43 – 6:18: Overview
• 6:30 – 16:27: Designing a composite index (including questions to ask, selecting variables, and selecting geographic units)
• 17:04 – 28:40: How to create the index (including preprocessing variables, combining variables into an index, and postprocessing the results)
• 28:40 – 34:35: Demonstration of creating an index in ArcGIS Pro
• 34:39 – 45:11: Examining the index created (including the correlation between variables)
• 45:11 – 46:00: Summary and resources
• 46:17 – 58:57: Q&A