USNWR Peer Assessment Scores look biased to number of grad students

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<p>hoedown,
Ideally, responders would only comment on and grade colleges with which they are familiar and have some true and direct knowledge rather than just general heresay. Will this happen? Who knows? Does this same concern arise with today’s PA scoring? Yes. </p>

<p>I recently found a research paper by Alexander Hicks, Professor of Sociology, at Emory University, entitled “Graduate School and College Excellence: Does research reputation influence undergraduate rankings?”</p>

<p>The author performed some statistical analysis and here is a key quote from his findings:</p>

<p>“It appears that when academics at National Research Universities judge the merits of colleges at other NRUs they think of them, in effect, in terms of impressions of those schools’ graduate and research excellence and student selectivity, and not much else.”</p>

<p>Following is the link to the paper:
<a href=“http://www.emory.edu/ACAD_EXCHANGE/2005/octnov/hicks.html[/url]”>http://www.emory.edu/ACAD_EXCHANGE/2005/octnov/hicks.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;