‘‘Social justice’’ Measuring Fairness for Understanding the Balance of Fairness in Thai society

Abstract

Social justice measurement is reflected in the views and opinions of the public to the social justice issue in Thailand. This research aims to measure social justice based on the values of justice. The researcher used the questionnaire as a tool for collecting survey data by in-depth interview with 8,116 samples. This study tests different calculation methods that are according to main component analysis. The result of the calculation is not equal.
The first social justice index result, calculated by average of dimensions and aspects, found that the average is 62.55 percent. The second result, calculated by average of dimensions and weight of aspects, found that the justice index is 65.33 percent. The third result, calculated by weight of dimensions and average of aspects, found that the justice index is 54.30 percent.
According to the results of 3 methods. The justice index from the second method has the highest level. The data distribution is the source of weighted dimensions and aspects. If the data is distributed, it has a direct effect on the main component analysis. This method is suitable method. Therefore, social justice and measurement adapt to reliable concrete object that depends on the user.