League Tables and Their Limitations: Statistical Issues in Comparisons of Institutional Performance

1996/01/01 by Harvey Goldstein, David J. Spiegelhalter · 3 citations
Decision Sciences · Economics, Econometrics and Finance · #Efficiency Analysis Using DEA #Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life #Healthcare Policy and Management

paper · doi:10.2307/2983325

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Abstract

Harvey Goldstein, David J. Spiegelhalter, League Tables and Their Limitations: Statistical Issues in Comparisons of Institutional Performance, Journal of the Royal Statistical Society. Series A (Statistics in Society), Vol. 159, No. 3 (1996), pp. 385-443

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