Using Cluster Analysis for Peer Selection - University Analysis and ...
Using Cluster Analysis for Peer Selection - University Analysis and ...
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General Approach<br />
� Focus on identifying potential MRU “comparable peers”<br />
– Metropolitan <strong>and</strong> research focus<br />
– Similar characteristics to UCF<br />
� Identify data feasibility <strong>and</strong> sources<br />
� Identify related ef<strong>for</strong>ts<br />
– Coalition of Urban <strong>and</strong> Metropolitan Universities (CUMU)<br />
– Portraits of Universities with Metropolitan Alliances (PUMA)<br />
� Initial data collection<br />
– Sort, organize, <strong>and</strong> assess consistency <strong>and</strong> availability<br />
� Quantitative analysis—cluster analysis<br />
� Evaluation<br />
<strong>Using</strong> <strong>Cluster</strong> <strong>Analysis</strong> in <strong>Peer</strong> <strong>Selection</strong><br />
October 15, 2002
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