Tag Archives: Methodology

College Rankings & Methodology

Posted on 22 August 2005 by Pomerantz

US News & World Report’s rankings of America’s Best Colleges were released today. US News’ ranking criteria: …measures fall into seven broad categories: peer assessment; graduation and retention rate; faculty resources (for example, class size); student selectivity (for example, average … Continue reading →

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Object lesson in survey methodology

Posted on 8 July 2005 by Pomerantz

From PollingReport, a Harris Poll on the Origin of Human Life. This is an object lesson for all students who ever plan to use a survey or an interview to collect data: this is precisely why the phrasing of a … Continue reading →

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