@article{36219, 
year={2008},
issn={1972-5027},
journal={RIV Rassegna Italiana di Valutazione},
number={41},
volume={XII},
doi={10.3280/RIV2008-041006},
title={Ranking e valutazione: il caso delle classifiche delle università},
abstract={<em>Ranking e valutazione: il caso delle classifiche delle università</em> - Abstract The paper consists of two parts. The first is more general: it introduces to university ranking, shows the leading international ranking, discusses the uses people make of rankings. The second focuses on Italian ranking Censis-la Repubblica developing two different kinds of analyses: after considering indicators validity and reliability, principal components analysis and cluster analysis are applied to a partial replication of Censis-la Repubblica data. A list of points to pay attention comes out of these analyses: it can be useful when defining rankings of complex institutions such as universities.<br/><br/> Key words: ranking, university ranking, Censis-la Repubblica, validity and reliability, normalisation and combination of indicators.}
url={http://www.francoangeli.it/Riviste/Scheda_rivista.aspx?idArticolo=36219},
author={Ferruccio Biolcati Rinaldi and Daniele Checchi and Chiara Guglielmetti and Silvia Salini and Matteo Turri}
pages={81-114},
language={IT}}