How reliable is the index in measuring real levels of corruption?
Perceptions may vary randomly with those voicing them. An indicator as to whether perceptions refer to some real world phenomenon can be obtained however, if perceptions are consistently reproducing similar assessments. There-fore, an indicator of the overall performance of the ranking in measuring real levels of corruption can be drawn from the high correlation of the various sources. The following table reports the correlation-coefficients of the sources.
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