Altering the bias in differential school effectiveness using data envelopment analysis

Journal of the Operational Research Society

Volumn 47, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 882-894

  Thanassoulis, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Data envelopment analysis; Differential effectiveness; Education; Target setting

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; EDUCATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPERATIONS RESEARCH; PERFORMANCE; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS; DIFFERENTIAL SCHOOL EFFECTIVENESS; TARGET SETTING;

OPTIMIZATION;

EID: 0030197236     PISSN: 01605682     EISSN: 14769360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/jors.1996.114     Document Type: Article

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