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4.5
Calculation of the Formula
It had been the intention, for the purposes of this dissertation,
to calculate a formula showing the share applicable to each parish
(or at least to a representative selection of parishes), but in view
of the failure to agree on criteria for the two divisions of Ministry
and Other, that becomes hardly possible. Nevertheless it may be
useful to enumerate briefly the procedure, and for simplicity we will
work on percentages rather than actual values.
Each of our two divisions contains a percentage of the total
share - currently 67 per cent and 33 per cent. Let us assume that
one simple criterion had been adopted for each division - say 'number
of clergy' for the Ministry division. Then the amount of that
criterion in each parish - say 2 clergy in parish A - becomes the
numerator, and the amount of that criterion in the Diocese - say
120 clergy - the denominator, of a fraction which is multiplied by
that division's percentage of gross. Thus:
|
2
120
|
x 67% = 1.1% |
This 1.1% is parish A's share for this division. Calculating likewise
for each parish and summating will again produce 67 per cent.
If for the next division (Other) the choice had been 'number
of confirmations', of which, say, 2,000 in the Diocese and 40 in
parish A, then the second calculation is:
|
40
2,000
|
x 33% = .66% |
It is now possible to combine the two figures for parish A and find
their proportion of total diocesan share:
1.1% + .66% = 1.76%
