EVALUATION OF THE LEVEL OF INFORMATION OF REGIONS OF RUSSIA: DYNAMICS, INTERREGIONAL DISTINCTIONS
The analysis of dynamics of the level of information of Russia’s regions is carried out on the basis of the given indexes of their preparedness for the information society, changes are shown which took place in 2005–2010 in regions, federal districts and country as a whole. It is shown that for the last five years the level of digital inequality of regions practically has not decreased. The place of the North Caucasian federal district and its regions is revealed among federal district and regions of Russia. The technique of the comparative rating of the level of information for various groups of regions is offered based on the method of statistical groupings and correlation-regression analysis. Equations of regress are constructed expressing dependences of IO-indexes of regions for 2010 from IO-indexes for 2005 on the whole for all regions of Russia and on groups of regions. The analysis of parameters and statistical characteristics is carried out received for the equations of regress and on their basis the place of each group of regions is determined on the degree of correlation communication, on the size of regress factor and average error of approximation. To check the presence of dependence of IO-indexes of regions for 2010 from IO-indexes for 2005 and the choice of the kind of equation of regress it is recommended to apply the graphic method (i.e. to build the diagrams of dispersion points). The computer model is developed providing automation of all accounts and procedures of processing the information.