02795cam a22004337a 4500 13837777 20250606213801.3 cr ||||||||||| 050110s2004 mau sb 000 0 eng 13837777 7 cbc orignew 4 ncip 20 y-gencompf undetermined NBER se20 2005-01-10 webcat se20 2005-01-10 se20 2005-01-10 LCAP batch update 2025-06-01-04:00: LCAPM-989 2005615383 DLC DLC DLC n-us--- HB1 A revealed preference ranking of U.S. colleges and universities [electronic resource] / Christopher Avery ... [et al.]. Cambridge, MA : National Bureau of Economic Research, c2004. text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia computer disc cd rdacarrier NBER working paper series ; working paper 10803 Title from PDF file as viewed on 1/10/2005. Includes bibliographical references. Unrestricted online access "We show how to construct a ranking of U.S. undergraduate programs based on students' revealed preferences. We construct examples of national and regional rankings, using hand-collected data on 3,240 high- achieving students. Our statistical model extends models used for ranking players in tournaments, such as chess or tennis. When a student makes his matriculation decision among colleges that have admitted him, he chooses which college "wins" in head-to-head competition. The model exploits the information contained in thousands of these wins and losses. Our method produces a ranking that would be difficult for a college to manipulate. In contrast, it is easy to manipulate the matriculation rate and the admission rate, which are the common measures of preference that receive substantial weight in highly publicized college rating systems. If our ranking were used in place of these measures, the pressure on colleges to practice strategic admissions would be relieved"--National Bureau of Economic Research web site. Also available in print. Mode of access: World Wide Web. System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader. College choice United States. Universities and colleges Ratings and rankings United States. Avery, Christopher (Christopher N.) National Bureau of Economic Research. Working paper series (National Bureau of Economic Research : Online) ; working paper no. 10803. gdcebookspublic 2005615383 https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gdc/gdcebookspublic.2005615383 http://papers.nber.org/papers/W10803 gdc/scd