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A Guide to the Methodology of the National Research Council Assessment of Doctorate Programs (2009)

Chapter: APPENDIX F Weights and Variables for the Dimensional Measures

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Suggested Citation:"APPENDIX F Weights and Variables for the Dimensional Measures." National Research Council. 2009. A Guide to the Methodology of the National Research Council Assessment of Doctorate Programs. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/12676.
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Suggested Citation:"APPENDIX F Weights and Variables for the Dimensional Measures." National Research Council. 2009. A Guide to the Methodology of the National Research Council Assessment of Doctorate Programs. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/12676.
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APPENDIX F Weights and Variables for the Dimensional Measures Weights Used to Calculate the Dimensional Measures Table 3a Research Activity Average Awards Percent faculty with publications per Average citations/ per grants Average Weights faculty* publication faculty Biological Sciences 0.30 0.21 0.36 0.13 Health Sciences 0.35 0.16 0.37 0.11 Engineering 0.29 0.25 0.29 0.17 Physical Sciences 0.28 0.26 0.29 0.17 Agricultural Sciences 0.34 0.18 0.34 0.13 Social Sciences 0.36 0.26 0.22 0.16 Humanities 0.53 0.15 0.32 * For the humanities, the measure is of books per allocated faculty member. Student Table 3b Support and Outcomes Program Time to degree Placement of collects full and part Percent w/ full Average cohort students outcomes time Average Weights support completing in 6 years* data Biological Sciences 0.26 0.26 0.14 0.17 0.17 Health Sciences 0.24 0.29 0.14 0.16 0.16 Engineering 0.34 0.20 0.10 0.18 0.18 Physical Sciences 0.29 0.23 0.12 0.18 0.18 Agricultural Sciences 0.28 0.23 0.12 0.18 0.18 Social Sciences 0.27 0.24 0.12 0.18 0.18 Humanities 0.29 0.25 0.11 0.17 0.17 *For the humanities, the completion time is 8 years 175 PREPUBLICATION COPY—UNEDITED PROOFS

Table 3c Diversity of the Academic Environment Percent core or new Percent students Percent Percent faculty Percent core or underrepresented students students underrepresented new faculty female minority female international Average Weights minority Biological Sciences 0.14 0.23 0.30 0.25 0.09 Health Sciences 0.24 0.14 0.38 0.18 0.07 Engineering 0.13 0.16 0.26 0.27 0.18 Physical Sciences 0.10 0.20 0.20 0.29 0.21 Agricultural Sciences 0.15 0.17 0.30 0.22 0.15 Social Sciences 0.22 0.20 0.26 0.17 0.16 Humanities 0.21 0.24 0.20 0.18 0.16 176 PREPUBLICATION COPY—UNEDITED PROOFS

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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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