04934nam 2200661Ia 450 991082911290332120240417000333.01-280-24710-X97866102471030-309-56384-4(CKB)110986584750620(EBL)3377117(SSID)ssj0000106785(PQKBManifestationID)11131093(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000106785(PQKBWorkID)10110646(PQKB)10549194(MiAaPQ)EBC3377117(Au-PeEL)EBL3377117(CaPaEBR)ebr10068349(OCoLC)923268392(EXLCZ)9911098658475062019830105d1982 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrAn assessment of research-doctorate programs in the United States mathematical & physical sciences /Committee on an Assessment of Quality-Related Characteristics of Research-Doctorate Programs in the United States ; Lyle V. Jones, Gardner Lindzey, and Porter E. Coggeshall, editors ; sponsored by the Conference Board of Associated Research Councils...[et. al.]1st ed.Washington, D.C. National Academy Press19821 online resource (255 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-309-03299-7 Includes bibliographical references.""An Assessment of Research-Doctorate Programs in the United States: Mathematical & Physical Sciences""; ""Copyright""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Preface""; ""Contents""; ""I Origins of Study and Selection of Programs""; ""PRIOR ATTEMPTS TO ASSESS QUALITY IN GRADUATE EDUCATION""; ""DEVELOPMENT OF STUDY PLANS""; ""SELECTION OF DISCIPLINES AND PROGRAMS TO BE EVALUATED""; ""II Methodology""; ""PROGRAM SIZE""; ""CHARACTERISTICS OF GRADUATES""; ""REPUTATIONAL SURVEY RESULTS""; ""UNIVERSITY LIBRARY SIZE""; ""RESEARCH SUPPORT""; ""PUBLICATION RECORDS""; ""ANALYSIS AND PRESENTATION OF THE DATA""""III Chemistry Programs""""IV Computer Science Programs""; ""V Geoscience Programs""; ""VI Mathematics Programs""; ""VII Physics Programs""; ""VIII Statistics/Biostatistics Programs""; ""IX Summary and Discussion""; ""SUMMARY OF THE RESULTS""; ""ANALYSIS OF THE SURVEY RESPONSE""; ""INTERPRETATION OF REPUTATIONAL SURVEY RATINGS""; ""COMPARISON WITH RESULTS OF THE ROOSE-ANDERSEN STUDY""; ""FUTURE STUDIES""; ""Minority Statement""; ""Appendixes""; ""APPENDIX A LETTER TO INSTITUTIONAL COORDINATORS""; ""INSTRUCTIONS""; ""General Instructions""; ""List of Faculty Members (as of December 1, 1980)""""Nomination of Faculty to Serve as Program Evaluators (Column 3 of Faculty Roster)""""Faculty Who Do Not Hold Ph.D. Degrees From U.S. Universities (Column 4 of Faculty Roster)""; ""Nomination of Additional Programs""; ""APPENDIX B SURVEY OF EARNED DOCTORATES""; ""APPENDIX C LETTER TO EVALUATORS""; ""INSTRUCTIONS""; ""APPENDIX D THE ARL LIBRARY INDEX""; ""APPENDIX E FACULTY RESEARCH SUPPORT""; ""R&D EXPENDITURES""; ""APPENDIX F DATA ON PUBLICATION RECORDS""; ""VI. OPERATIONAL CONSIDERATIONS""; ""A. Basics of Publication and Citation Analysis""; ""1. Type of Publication""; ""2. Time Spans""""3. Comprehensiveness of Source Coverage""""4. Multiple Authorships and Affiliations""; ""5. Completeness of Available Data""; ""6. Support Acknowledgements""; ""7. Subject Classification""; ""8. Citation Counts""; ""VII. THE INFLUENCE METHODOLOGY""; ""A. Introduction""; ""B. Development of the Weighting Scheme""; ""1. The Citation Matrix""; ""2. Influence Weights""; ""APPENDIX G CONFERENCE ON THE ASSESSMENT OF QUALITY OF GRADUATE EDUCATION PROGRAMS""; ""SUMMARY""; ""Report of the Conference""; ""Recommendations""""APPENDIX H PLANNING COMMITTEE FOR THE STUDY OF THE QUALITY OF RESEARCH-DOCTORATE PROGRAMS""""APPENDIX I REGION AND STATE CODES FOR THE UNITED STATES AND POSSESSIONS""ScienceStudy and teaching (Higher)United StatesEvaluationResearchUnited StatesEvaluationDoctor of philosophy degreeUnited StatesEvaluationScienceStudy and teaching (Higher)Evaluation.ResearchEvaluation.Doctor of philosophy degreeEvaluation.500.2/07/1173Jones Lyle V101781Lindzey Gardner78348Coggeshall Porter E1640688Conference Board of the Associated Research Councils.Committee on an Assessment of Quality-Related Characteristics of Research-Doctorate Programs in the United States.MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910829112903321An Assessment of research-doctorate programs in the United States3984353UNINA