Rectifying an honest error in world university rankings: A solution to the problem of indicator weight discrepancies

Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 574-585

  Soh, Kaycheng ^a  

^a not available   (Singapore)

Author keywords

academic excellence; discrepancy; regression; scaling

Indexed keywords

EID: 84890124790     PISSN: 1360080X     EISSN: 14699508     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1360080X.2013.844670     Document Type: Article

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