[OC] Evolution of Top Universities World Rankings from 2012 to 2015Submitted by TheBerg974 t3_108jn4l in dataisbeautiful
IkeRoberts t1_j3t7wk9 wrote
Reply to comment by amatulic in [OC] Evolution of Top Universities World Rankings from 2012 to 2015 by TheBerg974
USNews needs occasional movement among the top three so that the new ranking gets some press coverage. Once you get below the top 20 there is so much random variation that meaningless changes in a few statistics results in seemingly large moves.
amatulic t1_j3tlo69 wrote
That reminds me of this academic paper cited in the Wikipedia article on Master of Business Administration. While this focused on MBA rankings and not overall university rankings, I found it interesting that a simple ranking made by combining incoming student GMAT scores with salary after graduation resulted in a ranking that well-approximated the rankings by publications like USNews and Business Week.
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