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Ranking and Rating Rankings and Ratings
Proceedings of the AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence, 2020 Cardinal scores collected from people are well known to suffer from miscalibrations. A popular approach to address this issue is to assume simplistic models of miscalibration (such as linear biases) to de-bias the scores. This approach, however, often fares poorly because people's miscalibrations are typically far more complex and not well understood ...
Jingyan Wang 0001, Nihar B. Shah
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Inference for rank-rank regressions
, 2023 The slope coefficient in a rank-rank regression is a popular measure of intergenerational mobility. In this article, we first show that commonly used inference methods for this slope parameter are invalid. Second, when the underlying distribution is not continuous, the OLS estimator and its distribution may be sensitive to how ties in the ranks are ...
Chetverikov, Denis N., Wilhelm, Daniel
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Rankings of Countries Based on Rankings of Universities [PDF]
, 2020 Although many methods have been designed for ranking universities, there is no suitable system that focuses on the ranking of countries based on the performance of their universities. The overall ranking of the universities in a region can indicate the growth of interests in science among the people of that land.
Kalhor, Bahram, Mehrparvar, Farzaneh
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Proceedings of the Twenty-Sixth International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence, 2017 We extend the principle of proportional representation to rankings: given approval preferences, we aim to generate aggregate rankings so that cohesive groups of voters are represented proportionally in each initial segment of the ranking. Such rankings are desirable in situations where initial segments of different lengths may be relevant, e.g., in ...
Piotr Skowron 0001 +4 more
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The Organizational Engine of Rankings: Connecting “New” and “Old” Institutionalism
Politics and Governance, 2020 When explaining the ubiquity of rankings, researchers tend to emphasize macro or contextual phenomena, such as the power of or the trust in numbers, neoliberal forces, or a general spirit of competition.
Leopold Ringel +2 more
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Rising Popularity of Rankings [PDF]
, 2008 University rankings are creating a furore wherever or whenever they are published or mentioned. Politicians regularly refer to them as a measure of their nation’s virility or aspirations, universities use them to help set or define targets mapping their ...
Hazelkorn, Ellen
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Valuation Studies, 2022 In this interview, Wendy Espeland and Michael Sauder both reflect on their work on rankings, reactivity and commensuration, and think about the implication their sociological work could have on the practices of those dealing with rankings and their ...
José Ossandón +2 more
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Высшее образование в России, 2020 Purpose – quantitative analysis and identification of determinants of Russian universities’ global competitiveness.Methods. Parametric and non-parametric methods for data analysis and machine learning.Results.
D. A. Endovitsky +2 more
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Improving Performance of Universities Using University Rankings. Case Study, Al Farabi Kazakh National University, Kazakhstan [PDF]
Journal of Research in Higher Education, 2017 Starting from personal experience and expertise, this article discusses the relevance of international rankings for improving the individual performance of universities.
Serban Agachi
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International Accreditation: Are We There Yet?
Вопросы образования, 2015 With the increasing internationalization of higher education and the explosion in the number of students and faculty studying, researching, and teaching outside of their home countries, global standards for educational quality control have become an ...
O. Michael Steve
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