CORRELATION ANALYSIS REGARDING PUBLIC SECTOR DIGITALIZATION AND ITS FACTORS OF INFLUENCE

Abstract

This research paper aims at explaining from a statistical perspective the relationship between digitalization in the public domain and several considered factors of influence. The analysis envisaged twenty-nine European countries as compare to the EU-27 average. By applying correlation analysis, the association between variables of interest will be captured. In the same time such type of analysis is able to render the strength of the link between variables. After presenting the correlation results, one can observe that for Romania, the link between digitization and digital skills is very weak. In the same time there is a strong association between digitization in the public sector and the degree of broadband coverage, as well as between it and the way of using the Internet (telephony and video activities). When the digitization process in the public system and the integration of digital technologies are put into balance, a weak correlation can be distinguished. A moderate association, but positive also appears between digitization in the public sector and the frequency of Internet access. Situations are different for each country included in the analysis.