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Table 5 Exemplary calculation of average normalized co-occurrence (ANCO) considering three artificial municipalities and two artificial categories

From: A new approach to semantic sustainability assessment: text mining via network analysis revealing transition patterns in German municipal climate action plans

 

Municipality 1

Municipality 2

Municipality 3

Total number of measures in MCAP of individual municipality

70

60

100

Number of measures in which two categories cx and cy co-occur

14

9

10

Normalized co-occurrence

14/70 = 0.2

9/60 = 0.15

10/100 = 0.1

Average normalized co-occurrence (ANCO)

(0.2 + 0.15 + 0.10)/3 = 0.15