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7 Political Science Programs
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From page 109... ... In addition to the 83 institutions represented in this discipline, another 4 were initially identified as meeting the criteria3 for inclusion in the assessment: American University University of Denver University of Miami -- Florida Tufts University Political science programs at these four institutions have not been included in the evaluations in this discipline, since in each case the study coordinator either indicated that the institution did not at that time have a research-doctorate program in political science or failed to provide the information requested by the committee. Before examining individual program results presented in Table 7.1, data from the NRC's Survey of Earned Doctorates indicate that 2,911 research doctorates in political science and 470 in international relations were awarded by U.S. Read the entire page →
From page 110... ... These individuals constituted 61 percent of those asked to respond to the survey in this discipline and 8 percent of the faculty population in the 83 researchdoctorate programs being evaluated.4 A majority of the survey participants had earned their highest degree since 1970, and a majority held the rank of full professor. To assist the reader in interpreting results of the survey evaluations, estimated standard errors have been computed for mean ratings of the scholarly quality of faculty in 83 political science programs (and are given in Table 7.11. Read the entire page →
From page 111... ... 111 apparent that one should have somewhat more confidence in the.accuracy of the mean ratings of higher-rated programs than lower-rated programs. This generalization results primarily from the fact that evaluators are not as likely to be familiar with the less prestigious programs, and consequently the mean ratings of these programs are usually based on fewer survey responses. Read the entire page →
From page 112... ... NOTE: On the first line of data for every program, raw values for each measure are reported; on the second line values are reported in standardized form, with mean = 50 and standard deviation = 10. "NA" indicates that the value for a measure is not available. Read the entire page →
From page 113... ... 3.7 2.1 1.3 1.5 1.6 .04 625 78 .82 .09 .07 .08 .06 62 62 59 63 64 46 51 63 63 020. 3.4 1.8 1.4 1.4 0.3 .04 341 54 .78 .08 .06 .07 .06 58 57 64 60 51 47 48 54 61 NOTE: On the f irst line of data for every program, raw values for each measure are reported; on the second line values are reported in standardized form, with mean = 50 and standard deviation = 10. Read the entire page →
From page 114... ... NOTE: On the first line of data for every program, raw values for each measure are reported; on the second line values are reported in standardized form, with mean = 50 and standard deviation = 10. "NA" indicates that the value for a measure is not available. Read the entire page →
From page 115... ... 4.3 2.4 1.0 1.6 -0.3 .10 1251 49 .55 .08 .08 .07 .06 67 67 48 65 44 55 59 52 45 040. 2.8 1.6 1.2 1.1 -0.7 .04 75 55 .65 .09 .09 .07 .06 53 52 54 52 41 46 45 54 52 NOTE: On the first line of data for every program, raw values for each measure are reported; on the second line values are reported in standardized form, with mean = 50 and standard deviation = 10. Read the entire page →
From page 116... ... indicates program was initiated since 1970. NOTE: On the first line of data for every program, raw values for each measure are reported; on the second line values are reported in standardized form, with mean = 50 and standard deviation = 10. Read the entire page →
From page 117... ... 3.9 2.1 0.9 1.6 0.9 .04 1747 54 .61 .09 .07 .08 .06 63 61 44 65 5 7 4 7 64 54 49 060. 2.1 1.1 1.1 0.9 -0.5 .00 30 26 .59 .09 .08 .08 .06 45 43 51 47 42 41 44 44 48 NOTE: On the first line of data for every program, raw values for each measure are reported; on the second line values are reported in standardized form, with mean = 50 and standard deviation = 10. Read the entire page →
From page 118... ... indicates program was initiated since 1970. NOTE: On the first line of data for every program, raw values for each measure are reported; on the second line values are reported in standardized form, with mean = 50 and standard deviation = 10. Read the entire page →
From page 119... ... (11) .13 .12 .11 .07 .08 .07 .06 .06 .08 .07 .08 .06 .10 .10 .08 .06 .12 .10 .10 .07 .10 .09 .10 tog .11 .10 .08 .06 .09 .08 .12 tog .09 .08 .14 .12 .12 .11 .08 .06 �09 .06 .10 .06 .08 .05 .08 .07 .07 .10 .06 .11 .06 .12 .06 .04 .05 .09 .09 .08 .07 .09 .08 .09 .07 .08 .07 .08 .06 .08 .08 .08 .07 .12 .10 .10 .05 NOTE: On the f irst line of data for every program, raw values for each measure are reported; on the second line values are reported in standardized form, with mean = 50 and standard deviation = 10. Read the entire page →
From page 120... ... indicates program was initiated since 1970. NOTE: On the f irst line of data for every program, raw values for each measure are reported; on the second line values are reported in standardized form, with mean = 50 and standard deviation = 10. Read the entire page →
From page 121... ... 2.2 1.3 1.4 0.9 NA .24 592 37 .77 .11 .10 .08 .08 46 48 67 47 74 51 48 59 083. 4.8 2.7 1.0 1.8 2.1 .16 80 96 .84 .05 .06 .07 .04 72 72 45 70 69 63 45 70 65 NOTE: On the first line of data for every program, raw values for each measure are reported; on the second line values are reported in standardized form, with mean = 50 and standard deviation = 10. Read the entire page →
From page 122... ... 122 TABLE 7.2 Summary Statistics Describing Each Program Measure -- Political Science Number of Programs Standard D E C I L E S Measure Evaluated Mean Deviation 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Program Size 01 Raw Value 83 23 9 12 16 18 19 22 23 25 28 35 Std Value 83 50 10 38 42 45 46 49 50 53 56 64 02 Raw Value 82 35 28 13 16 18 22 25 31 39 48 68 Std Value 82 50 10 42 43 44 45 46 48 51 55 62 03 Raw Value 83 50 43 15 20 26 32 40 47 60 66 101 Std Value 83 50 10 42 43 44 46 48 49 52 54 62 Program Graduates 04 Raw Value 78 .28 .15 .09 .13 .16 .20 .26 .31 .39 .42 .48 Std Value 78 50 10 37 40 42 45 49 52 57 59 63 05 Raw Value 77 8.3 1.4 10.2 9.5 9.1 8.5 8.2 7.9 7.6 7.3 6.5 Std Value 77 50 10 36 41 44 49 51 53 55 58 63 06 Raw Value 78 .68 .13 .50 .57 .60 .67 .70 .73 .76 .78 .82 Std Value 78 50 10 36 42 44 49 52 54 56 58 61 07 Raw Value 78 .26 .15 .08 .10 .17 .20 .22 .30 .36 .40 .46 Std Value 78 50 10 38 39 44 46 47 53 57 59 63 Survey Results 08 Raw Value 83 2.6 1.0 1.3 1.7 2.0 2.2 2.6 2.8 3.0 3.4 3.8 Std Value 83 50 10 37 41 44 46 50 52 54 58 62 09 Raw Value 83 1.5 .6 .8 1.0 1.1 1.3 1.4 1.6 1.7 2.0 2.3 Std Value 83 50 10 38 41 43 47 49 52 54 60 65 10 Raw Value 83 1.1 .2 .8 .9 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.1 1.1 1.2 1.3 Std Value 83 50 10 38 43 47 47 47 52 52 56 61 11 Raw Value 83 1.0 .4 .5 .6 .7 .9 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.6 Std Value 83 50 10 38 40 43 48 50 53 55 58 65 University Library 12 Raw Value 71 .2 1.0 -.9 -.6 -.4 -.3 .0 .3 .7 .9 1.7 Std Value 71 50 10 38 42 44 45 48 51 55 57 65 Research Support 13 Raw Value 80 .06 .07 .00 .00 .00 .03 .05 .07 .10 .11 .15 Std Value 80 50 10 41 41 41 46 49 51 56 57 63 14 Raw Value 58 520 848 21 57 88 182 251 378 467 602 1245 Std Value 58 50 10 44 45 45 46 47 48 49 51 59 Publication Records 17 Raw Value 83 43 27 14 20 24 31 38 49 54 61 77 Std Value 83 50 10 39 41 43 45 48 52 54 57 63 18 Raw Value 80 .63 .15 .44 .48 .54 .58 .61 .66 .? 2 .77 .81 Std Value 80 50 10 37 40 44 47 49 52 56 59 62 NOTE: Standardized values reported in the preceding table have been computed from exact values of the mean and standard deviation and not the rounded values reported here. Read the entire page →
From page 123... ... 123 TABLE 7.3 Intercorrelations Among Program Measures on 83 Programs in Political Science Measure 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 17 18 Program Size 01 .56 .51 .25 -.09 .19 .29 .63 .61 .15 .56 .65 .07 .55 .78 .13 02 .82 .23 .03 .06 .20 .60 .56 -.04 .58 .66 .24 .43 .50 .18 03 .20 -.12 .08 .11 .47 .41 -.12 .44 .51 .05 .27 .42 .20 Program Graduates 04 -.06 .32 .32 .64 .64 -.01 .62 .44 .25 .32 .34 .24 05 .05 .34 .10 .15 .19 .11 -.05 .17 -.12 -.04 -.01 06 .59 .30 .34 .19 .27 .25 .28 .11 .29 .25 07 .52 .57 .22 .50 .40 .39 .20 .46 .28 Survey Results 08 .98 .13 .98 .74 .40 .43 .71 .44 09 .15 .97 .69 .43 .39 .70 .44 10 .11 .11 .17 -.06 .17 .14 11 .70 .41 .41 .69 .45 University Library 12 Research Support 13 14 Publication Records 17 18 .18 .40 .71 .37 .35 .26 .23 .59 .04 .59 NOTE: Since in computing correlation coefficients program data must be available for both of the measures being correlated, the actual number of programs on which each coefficient is based varies. Read the entire page →
From page 124... ... r = .65 O O +/+++++++++++++/+++++++++++++/+++++++++++++/+++++++++++++/+++++++++++++/+++++++++++++/+++++++++++++/ 1 4 9 16 25 36 49 64 Measure 01 (square root scale) Read the entire page →
From page 125... ... + + O O +/+++++++/+++++++/+++++++/+++++++/+++++++/+++++++/+++++++/+++++++/+++++++/+++++++/+++++++/+++++++/ 1 4 9 16 25 36 49 64 81 100 121 144 169 Measure 02 (square root scale) Read the entire page →
From page 126... ... 126 TABLE 7.4 Characteristics of Survey Participants in Political Science Respondents N % Field of Specialization International Relations 16 11 Political Science 117 77 Other/Unknown 19 13 Faculty Rank Professor 80 53 Associate Professor 49 32 Assistant Professor 21 14 Other/Unknown 2 1 Year of Highest Degree Pre-1950 9 6 1950-59 25 16 1960-69 57 38 Post-1969 60 40 Unknown 1 1 Evaluator Selection Nominated by Institution 141 93 Other 11 7 Survey Form With Faculty Names 137 90 Without Names 15 10 Total Evaluators 152 100 Read the entire page →
From page 127... ... indicate a confidence interval of +1.5 standard errors around the reported mean (x) of each program. Read the entire page →

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... In addition to the 83 institutions represented in this discipline, another 4 were initially identified as meeting the criteria3 for inclusion in the assessment: American University University of Denver University of Miami -- Florida Tufts University Political science programs at these four institutions have not been included in the evaluations in this discipline, since in each case the study coordinator either indicated that the institution did not at that time have a research-doctorate program in political science or failed to provide the information requested by the committee. Before examining individual program results presented in Table 7.1, data from the NRC's Survey of Earned Doctorates indicate that 2,911 research doctorates in political science and 470 in international relations were awarded by U.S.

7 Political Science Programs Pages 109-128

7 Political Science Programs
Pages 109-128