The aim of the thesis is to study theoretical and methodological guidelines and tools for statistical analysis of investment attractiveness of the regions and statistical evaluation of the regularities of its formation in Ukraine. The object of research is process of formation of investment attractiveness of regions of Ukraine. The subject of research is theoretical and methodological foundations of statistical evaluation of investment attractiveness of regions. Research methods: theoretical generalization, analysis, synthesis, abstraction, formal logic, systematic approach, logical modeling, comparison, grouping, tabular and graphic, economic and statistical, multidimensional average, analytical grouping, index, cluster analysis, ranking, analysis of series of distributions, fuzzy logic. Scientific novelty of the results is to study theoretical and methodological bases and statistical tools for evaluation of investment attractiveness of regions of Ukraine, improvement of statistical support of management decisions regarding the effective involvement of investments into economy of the country at the regional and local levels. Improved: - methodological bases of statistical analysis of investment attractiveness of territories by defining the areas and sequence of its statistical evaluation; system of statistical indicators of evaluation of investment attractiveness of regions by rationalizing it on the basis of the canonical correlations; - methodical approach to the statistical estimation of investment attractiveness of regions based on fuzzy logic by constructing a multi-level integrated information system and the formation of fuzzy knowledge base for national conditions; - determination of partial and integral estimation of investment attractiveness of regions using multi-dimensional grouping, ranking evaluation and ranking; - methodical bases of calculation of indexes of territorial potential and efficiency of an investment based on an adapted international methodologies used by the United Nations conference on trade and development (UNCTAD). Acquired further development: - the interpretation of the essence of the concept "investment attractiveness of regions"; - methodical approach to assessing the degree of concentration of investment in the regional context through the use of the Herfindahl - Hirschman index (HHI); - analytical approach to determine the joint impact of various factors of investment attractiveness. The research results are embedded in the activities of the Department of economy and international relations of Kharkiv regional state administration (№06-24/1880/1, 28.04.15), Main Department of statistics in Kharkiv oblast (act of 29.04.15) and others, as well as in the educational process of Kharkiv national University named after V. N. Karazin Kharkiv national University (act of 21.04.15).
