Operational Research (OR) techniques have been applied, from the early stages of the
discipline, to a wide variety of issues in education. At the government level, these include …

A valuable overview of the most important ideas and results in statistical modeling Written by
a highly-experienced author, Foundations of Linear and Generalized Linear Models is a …

Educational researchers commonly use the rule of thumb of “design effect smaller than 2” as
the justification of not accounting for the multilevel or clustered structure in their data. The …

University rankings are the subject of a paradox: the more they are criticized by social
scientists and experts on methodological grounds, the more they receive attention in policy …

La práctica clínica cardiológica requiere una organización compleja que influye en los
resultados globales y puede diferir sustancialmente en distintos hospitales y comunidades …

Academicians, experts, and other stakeholders have contributed extensively to the literature
on university rankings also known as “league tables”. Often the tone is critical usually …

Background Although enormous efforts have been made in auditing the quality of care, there
are only few epidemiological studies available about the actual occurrence of immobility …

Background Previous composite performance measures of The Society of Thoracic
Surgeons (STS) were estimated at the STS participant level, typically a hospital or group …

Performance information attaches numbers to the inputs, outputs, and outcomes of public
services. Numbers are what separate performance information from other sources of …

Firstly thanks to Jon Rasbash who has been responsible for the majority of the programming
effort in the MLwiN software package over the past 20 years or so, and is also responsible …