Evenness as a descriptive parameter for department or faculty evaluation studies
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We define the notion of evenness and show how the Lorenz curve can be used to compare evenness between abundance vectors. It is then illustrated how the Gini evenness measure can be used as a descriptive parameter in faculty evaluation studies.
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