International university rankings For good or ill?
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if Indicat<strong>or</strong> 1 is weighted 0.5 and Indicat<strong>or</strong> 3 is weighted 0.2,<br />
institution B is top and institution C is last. If the weights are<br />
reversed so are the positions of the institutions. There is<br />
nothing objective <strong>or</strong> scientific about the indicat<strong>or</strong>s <strong>or</strong> weights<br />
– <strong>or</strong> theref<strong>or</strong>e the <strong>rankings</strong> themselves.<br />
Table 3: Impact on weight changes on Ordinal Lists<br />
Institution<br />
Sc<strong>or</strong>e on<br />
Indicat<strong>or</strong> 1<br />
Sc<strong>or</strong>e on<br />
Indicat<strong>or</strong> 2<br />
Sc<strong>or</strong>e on<br />
Indicat<strong>or</strong> 3<br />
A 91 60 75<br />
B 85 77 67<br />
C 65 90 80<br />
Ranking<br />
weights 0.5 0.3 0.2 B,A,C<br />
weights 0.4 0.2 0.4 A,B,C<br />
weights 0.2 0.3 0.5 C,A,B<br />
A comparison of the criteria and weights used in the Complete<br />
University Guide (CUG) and in the Guardian <strong>rankings</strong> of UK<br />
universities <strong>ill</strong>ustrates this point. Table 2 shows the dimensions<br />
used in each and the weights attached to these; and Table 4<br />
shows the top 10 universities in each.<br />
18 <strong>International</strong> <strong>university</strong> <strong>rankings</strong>: <strong>F<strong>or</strong></strong> <strong>good</strong> <strong>or</strong> <strong>ill</strong>?
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