Mirror, mirror on the wall: a closer look at the top ten in university rankings

European Journal of Higher Education

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 77-83

  Cheng, Soh Kay ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

error of measurement; spurious precision; university ranking

Indexed keywords

EID: 85006050753     PISSN: 21568235     EISSN: 21568243     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/21568235.2011.577179     Document Type: Article

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