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Statistical Methods for the Evaluation of University Systems

  • Conference proceedings
  • © 2011

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Editors:
  1. Massimo Attanasio

    1. Dipto. Scienze Statistiche e Matematiche, Università di Palermo, Palermo, Italy

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  2. Vincenza Capursi

    1. Dipto. Scienze Statistiche e Matematiche, Università di Palermo, Palermo, Italy

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  • The tools provided are composite indicators and other measures of outcomes, of "end-points", of delays etd., valid and "tailored" to study University degree pathways, job entry pathways, PhD holders pathways
  • The book also gives and overview of the Italian evaluation System in the last 20 years and its perspectives
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: Contributions to Statistics (CONTRIB.STAT.)

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Table of contents (17 papers)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
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  2. Introduction: Different Perspectives of the Evaluation of the Italian University System

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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  3. Introduction:Different Perspectives of the Evaluation of the Italian University System

    1. TES – From Impressionism to Expressionism

      • Lorenzo Bernardi
      Pages 3-14

    2. The Assessment of University Teaching by Students: The Organizational Perspective

      • Luigi Enrico Golzio
      Pages 15-31

    3. University League Tables

      • L. Bernardi, P. Bolzonello, A. Tuzzi
      Pages 33-51

  4. The Evaluation in the Italian Universities: Student Teaching Evaluation

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 53-53
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  6. The Evaluation in the Italian Universities: Statistical Methods for Careers and Services Evaluation

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 131-131
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  7. The Evaluation in the Italian Universities.Statistical Methods for Careers and Services Evaluation

    1. Modeling Ordinal Item Responses via Binary GLMMs and Alternative Link Functions: An Application to Measurement of a Perceived Service Quality

      • Vito M.R. Muggeo, Fabio Aiello
      Pages 133-143

    2. Analyzing Undergraduate Student Graduation Delay: A Longitudinal Perspective

      • Paola Costantini, Maria Prosperina Vitale
      Pages 145-159

    3. Assessing the Quality of the Management of Degree Programs by Latent Class Analysis

      • Isabella Sulis, Mariano Porcu
      Pages 161-172

  8. Research Design and Data for Evaluation: University Between the High School and the Labour Market

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 173-173
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  9. Research Design and data for Evaluation:University between the High School and the Labour Market

    1. The Multicriteria Electre III Model Applied to the Evaluation of the Placement of University Graduates

      • Rosalinda Allegro, Ornella Giambalvo
      Pages 175-194

    2. Competences and Professional Options of the Italian Graduates: Results from the Textual Analysis of the Degree Course Information Data

      • S. Balbi, C. Crocetta, M.F. Romano, S. Zaccarin, E. Zavarrone
      Pages 195-207

    3. After the PhD: A Study of Career Paths, Job and Training Satisfaction Among PhD Graduates from an Italian University

      • Stefano Campostrini
      Pages 209-222

    4. Secondary School Choices in Italy: Ability or Social Background?

      • Dalit Contini, Andrea Scagni
      Pages 223-245
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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.

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  • Dipto. Scienze Statistiche e Matematiche, Università di Palermo, Palermo, Italy

    Massimo Attanasio, Vincenza Capursi

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