A Psychometric Assessment of the "Businessweek," "U.S. News & World Report," and "Financial Times" Rankings of Business Schools' MBA Programs

Autor/in	Iacobucci, Dawn
Titel	A Psychometric Assessment of the "Businessweek," "U.S. News & World Report," and "Financial Times" Rankings of Business Schools' MBA Programs
Quelle	In: Journal of Marketing Education, 35 (2013) 3, S.204-219 (16 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0273-4753
DOI	10.1177/0273475313491576
Schlagwörter	Psychometrics; Business Administration Education; Reliability; Validity; Periodicals; Scoring Rubrics; Robustness (Statistics); Achievement Rating; Marketing; Item Analysis; Classification; College Programs; Program Evaluation; Evaluation Criteria; Evaluation Methods + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Psychometry; Psychometrie; Reliabilität; Gültigkeit; Periodical; Journal; Zeitschrift; Fachzeitschrift; Periodikum; Scoring formulas; Auswertungsbogen; Widerstandsfähigkeit; Achievement; Rating; Leistung; Beurteilung; Leistungsbeurteilung; Itemanalyse; Classification system; Klassifikation; Klassifikationssystem; Studienprogramm; Programme evaluation; Programmevaluation
Abstract	This research investigates the reliability and validity of three major publications' rankings of MBA programs. Each set of rankings showed reasonable consistency over time, both at the level of the overall rankings and for most of the facets from which the rankings are derived. Each set of rankings also showed some levels of convergent and discriminant validity, but each has room for improvement, particularly "Businessweek," which relies heavily on subjective surveys of students and recruiters, and "Financial Times," whose methodology may be simplified and streamlined, ceasing to measure facets that are empirically superfluous. Together the three publications blanket the student process--"U.S. News & World Report" captures incoming student quality clearly with GMAT scores, "Businessweek" captures whether the students are happy while at their respective business schools, and "U.S. News" captures salaries and "Financial Times" captures return on investment, as short-term and longer term indicators of graduates' early career successes. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10