Statistical Uncertainty in the Ranking of Journals and Universities
AEA Papers and Proceedings
vol. 112,
May 2022
(pp. 630-34)
Abstract
Economists are obsessed with rankings of institutions, journals, or scholars according to the value of some feature of interest. These rankings are invariably computed using estimates rather than the true values of such features. As a result, there may be considerable uncertainty concerning the ranks. In this paper, we consider the problem of accounting for such uncertainty by constructing confidence sets for the ranks. We consider the problem of constructing marginal confidence sets for the rank of, say, a particular journal as well as simultaneous confidence sets for the ranks of all journals.Citation
Mogstad, Magne, Joseph Romano, Azeem Shaikh, and Daniel Wilhelm. 2022. "Statistical Uncertainty in the Ranking of Journals and Universities." AEA Papers and Proceedings, 112: 630-34. DOI: 10.1257/pandp.20221064Additional Materials
JEL Classification
- A14 Sociology of Economics
- I23 Higher Education; Research Institutions