TY - BOOK AU - Attanasio,Massimo AU - Capursi,Vincenza ED - SpringerLink (Online service) TI - Statistical Methods for the Evaluation of University Systems T2 - Contributions to Statistics, SN - 9783790823752 AV - LC5225.A75 U1 - 371.26 23 PY - 2011/// CY - Heidelberg PB - Physica-Verlag HD KW - Education KW - Educational tests and measurements KW - Statistics KW - Social sciences KW - Methodology KW - Assessment, Testing and Evaluation KW - Statistics for Social Science, Behavorial Science, Education, Public Policy, and Law KW - Methodology of the Social Sciences N1 - Part I - Introduction: Different Perspectives of the Evaluation of the Italian University System -- Part II - The Evaluation in the Italian Universities. Student Teaching Evaluation -- Part III - The Evaluation in the Italian Universities. Statistical Methods for Careers and Services Evaluation -- Part IV - Research Design and data for Evaluation: University between the High School and the Labour Market N2 - This book presents a collection of statistical methods and procedures to assess data coming from educational systems. The topics examined include: statistical methods for constructing composite indicators, applied measurements, assessment of educational systems, measurement of the performance of the students at Italian universities, and statistical modeling for questionnaire data. Other issues are the implications of introducing different assessment criteria and procedures to the Italian university system UR - http://148.231.10.114:2048/login?url=http://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-7908-2375-2 ER -