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A Guide to the Methodology of the National Research Council Assessment of Doctorate Programs

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Size: 202 pages, 8.5 x 11

Publication Year:2009

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Jeremiah P. Ostriker, Paul W. Holland, Charlotte V. Kuh, and James A. Voytuk, editors; Committee to Assess Research- Doctorate Programs; National Research Council
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Front Matter	i-x
1 Introduction	1-4	(skim)
2 The Data and How They Were Obtained	5-10	(skim)
3 Ratings in Specific Dimensions: The Dimensional Measures	11-13	(skim)
4 The Overall Rating of Program Quality	14-18	(skim)
5 An Example	19-32	(skim)
APPENDIX A A Technical Discussion of the Process of Rating and Ranking Programs in a Field	33-52	(skim)
APPENDIX B Questionnaires	53-164	(skim)
APPENDIX C Number of Programs by Field	165-168	(skim)
APPENDIX D Institutions and Programs in a Field	169-170	(skim)
APPENDIX E List of Variables	171-174	(skim)
APPENDIX F Weights and Variables for the Dimensional Measures	175-176	(skim)
APPENDIX G Dimensional Ranges of Rankings for Programs in Economics and the Overall Ranges	177-180	(skim)
APPENDIX H Number of Ratings for Programs in Each Field	181-184	(skim)
APPENDIX I Committee Biographies	185-191	(skim)

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A Guide to the Methodology of the National Research Council Assessment of the Doctorate Programs describes the purpose, data and methods used to calculate ranges or rankings for research-doctorate programs that participated in the NRC Assessment of Research-Doctorate programs. It is intended for those at universities who will have to explain the NRC Assessment to others at their university, to potential students, and to the press. Although the main text is fairly non-technical, it includes a technical description of the statistical methods used to derive rankings of over 5000 doctoral programs in 61 fields.

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