Statistical Methods for the Evaluation of University Systems

✍ Scribed by Lorenzo Bernardi (auth.), Massimo Attanasio, Vincenza Capursi (eds.)

• Publisher: Physica-Verlag Heidelberg
• Year: 2011
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 282
• Series: Contributions to Statistics
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This book presents a collection of statistical methods and procedures to assess data coming from educational systems. The topics examined include: statistical methods for constructing composite indicators, applied measurements, assessment of educational systems, measurement of the performance of the students at Italian universities, and statistical modeling for questionnaire data. Other issues are the implications of introducing different assessment criteria and procedures to the Italian university system.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xiii
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
TES – From Impressionism to Expressionism....Pages 3-14
The Assessment of University Teaching by Students: The Organizational Perspective....Pages 15-31
University League Tables....Pages 33-51
Front Matter....Pages 53-53
Structural Equation Models and Student Evaluation of Teaching: A PLS Path Modeling Study....Pages 55-66
A Study on University Students’ Opinions about Teaching Quality: a Model Based Approach for Clustering Ordinal Data....Pages 67-77
The Impact of Teaching Evaluation: Factors that Favour Positive Views from Student Representatives....Pages 79-92
University Teaching and Students’ Perception: Models of the Evaluation Process....Pages 93-112
Students’ Evaluation of Teaching Effectiveness: Satisfaction and Related Factors....Pages 113-129
Front Matter....Pages 131-131
Modeling Ordinal Item Responses via Binary GLMMs and Alternative Link Functions: An Application to Measurement of a Perceived Service Quality....Pages 133-143
Analyzing Undergraduate Student Graduation Delay: A Longitudinal Perspective....Pages 145-159
Assessing the Quality of the Management of Degree Programs by Latent Class Analysis....Pages 161-172
Front Matter....Pages 173-173
The Multicriteria Electre III Model Applied to the Evaluation of the Placement of University Graduates....Pages 175-194
Competences and Professional Options of the Italian Graduates: Results from the Textual Analysis of the Degree Course Information Data....Pages 195-207
After the PhD: A Study of Career Paths, Job and Training Satisfaction Among PhD Graduates from an Italian University....Pages 209-222
Secondary School Choices in Italy: Ability or Social Background?....Pages 223-245
Labour Market Outcomes for Ph.D. Graduates....Pages 247-260
Labour Market Performance of University Graduates: Evidence from Italy....Pages 261-282

✦ Subjects

Assessment, Testing and Evaluation; Statistics for Social Science, Behavorial Science, Education, Public Policy, and Law; Methodology of the Social Sciences