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University league tables have no legs to stand on
journal contribution
posted on 2022-08-03, 10:41 authored by Adrian Barnett, Elizabeth GaddElizabeth GaddWhat really makes one higher education institution “better” than another? The ranking of the world's universities is big business built on a flimsy statistical approach, say Adrian Barnett and Elizabeth Gadd.
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- University Academic and Administrative Support
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SignificanceVolume
19Issue
4Pages
4 - 7Publisher
WileyVersion
- AM (Accepted Manuscript)
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This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Published in ‘Significance’ the magazine of the Royal Statistical Society, the American Statistical Association, and the Statistical Society of Australia. August 2022, 19(4), 4-7. https://doi.org/10.1111/1740-9713.01663, which has been published in final form at https://doi.org/10.1111/1740-9713.01663. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Use of Self-Archived Versions. This article may not be enhanced, enriched or otherwise transformed into a derivative work, without express permission from Wiley or by statutory rights under applicable legislation. Copyright notices must not be removed, obscured or modified. The article must be linked to Wiley’s version of record on Wiley Online Library and any embedding, framing or otherwise making available the article or pages thereof by third parties from platforms, services and websites other than Wiley Online Library must be prohibited.Publication date
2022-07-27Copyright date
2022ISSN
1740-9705eISSN
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