Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://rfos.fon.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/878
Title: How does the normalization of data affect the ARWU ranking?
Authors: Jovanović, Milica 
Jeremić, Veljko 
Savić, Gordana 
Bulajić, Milica
Martić, Milan 
Keywords: The I-distance method;Statistical methods;Ranking of universities;Normalization of data;Classification;ARWU
Issue Date: 2012
Publisher: Springer, Dordrecht
Abstract: The aim of this paper is to present new ideas in evaluating Shanghai University's Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU). In particular, this paper shall try to determine whether the normalization of data affects University ranks. In accordance with this, both the normalized and original (raw) data for each of the six variables has been obtained. Based on a sample containing the 54 US universities which are placed in the ARWU top 100, the statistical I-distance method was performed. The results showed great inconsistencies between university ranks obtained for the original and normalized data. These findings were then analyzed and the universities that had the greatest fluctuation in their ranks were noted.
URI: https://rfos.fon.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/878
ISSN: 0138-9130
Appears in Collections:Radovi istraživača / Researchers’ publications

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