Validating data envelopment analysis as a ranking tool: An application of DEA to assess performance in higher education

Validating data envelopment analysis as a ranking tool: An application of DEA to assess performance in higher education

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Article ID: iaor20071878
Country: Germany
Volume: 145
Issue: 1
Start Page Number: 339
End Page Number: 365
Publication Date: Jul 2006
Journal: Annals of Operations Research
Authors: ,
Keywords: statistics: data envelopment analysis, programming: linear, performance
Abstract:

There is a general interest in ranking schemes applied to complex entities described by multiple attributes. Published rankings for universities are in great demand but are also highly controversial. We compare two classification and ranking schemes involving universities; one from a published report, ‘Top American Research Universities’ by the University of Florida's TheCenter and the other using DEA. Both approaches use the same data and model. We compare the two methods and discover important equivalences. We conclude that the critical aspect in classification and ranking is the model. This suggests that DEA is a suitable tool for these types of studies.

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