爲了探索及建立國家發展指標,本研究以十二個測量變項進行主成份分析及十二個變項的Z分數總和,建構國家發展指數及排行。根據十二個測量變項的主成份分析,結果顯示,在101個國家中,經濟指標指數、社會指標指數、文化指標指數、教育指標指數、以及綜合指標指數,我國排名各爲28、33、36、16、28,前述的指標指數亦各為0.69、0.73、0.08、1.14、0.71。如果以十二個國家發展指標的Z分數總和,我國在經濟、社會、文化、教育、綜合指數的Z分數各為1.82、1.86、0.20、2.98、6.85,排名各為第29、33、36、13、27名。本研究再此積差相關方法,與UNDP (1995/1997)的人力發展指數、馬信行(1988)、王保進(1989)建立的國家發展指數檢定發現,與本研究的國家綜合發展指標指數,都高達.88以上,且達到.01的顯著水準。這些證據都顯示,本研究所建構的國家發展指標,可靠度頗高。
The main purpose of this research is to understand the representative indicators of national development. There are twelve indicators of national development in this study. The raw data are collected from the World Bank Report (1996,1997), UNDP(1995,1996, 1997). The research computed the index of national development by the twelve indicators. The Principal Component Analysis is used to extract these indices. Taiwan's economic, social, cultural, educational, and composite indices are 0.69, 0.73, 0.08, 1.14, and 0.71, respectively, besides these indices are ranked as 28, 33, 36, 16, and 28 in 101 countries, respectively. If the twelve national development indicators are transferred into Z-scores to sum up the national development indices. Taiwan's economic, social, cultural, educational, and composite indices are 1.82, 1.86, 0.20, 2.98 and 6, 85, respectively. Besides, in those Z-scores indices Taiwan are ranked as 29, 33, 36, 13, and 27 in 101 countries, respectively. The Pearson correlations among the index of national development, UNDP's HDI (Human development index, 1995), UNDP's EIDI (1997), Ma(1988), and Wang(1989) are also computed. ALL correlations are above. 88, and there is significant (p<.0l), too.