<p>You’re inferring something I never contended. </p>
<p>It would be hard to read through my past posts and come to a conclusion that I am completely objective about WashU. Many times, I’ve admitted being biased because my S attends. </p>
<p>I can honestly say that even if WashU had landed in the top 10 or so of the Forbes ranking effort, I would not be touting it or promoting it as accurate once I could see that the methodology used to produce it was, for want of a better word, bogus. (GIGO as I said before). And I certainly would not use it to cast negative insinuations about another university that didn’t happen to be my favorite. </p>
<p>No one is putting much stock in this rating system according to what I’ve read on CC. Using data sources such as ratemyprofessor and Who’s Who has been described in terms ranging from “lame” to “a joke” to “utter garbage.” So I’m not alone in my opinion. (One person suggested that it be published every year on April 1, which is probably appropriate.) </p>
<p>And I don’t see how you can equate ratemyprofessor with surveys used by social scientists for scholarly research, which is peer reviewed before being published… so I don’t get the irony you referred to in your previous post.</p>