Health Rankings Methodology

rankings

This information is the equivalent of hearsay. There's nothing objective or analytical about the rankings. People crave a meaningful way to evaluate and compare programs, but this is not it. The US News and World Report gets a lot of attention it doesn't deserve.

This is total BS

Do you realize students use this to determine where they want to go to school. I cannot believe administrators actually pick up to 10 schools to 'nominate'. Next time I hear someone bragging about the program they are in, I'm sending them to this article and will let them know they were just scammed and should feel like a moron for letting bogus reports and processes get to them. Honestly, since this is happening in America, I'm not surprised. This country is full of big headed, too smart for their own good, over marketed bums. I can't believe (I really can) that World News and Reports publish this garbage!

Speech Pathology Rating Basis???

This methodology information is inadequate.

It appears that an administrator or faculty was asked simply to "Rate this program". There is no information on what factors were used for the rating, whether on what the person thought he or she knew about the program's doctoral education, the research activity, the faculty expertise, the master's curriculum or clinical training experiences, the faculty-student ratio, the Praxis performance, or anything.

If the rating really is based on a global "rate this program" statement without any information on the basis for the rating, then, this survey is meaningless. If the ratings are based on better information, but the reader does not know this information, then the survey results are still meaningless.

GARBAGE IN = GARBAGE OUT

Questionable methodology

Peer assessment leaves a lot of unanswered questions. What about considering pass rates and scores in competitive exams for ranking? What about considering employability of graduates for ranking? What if the respondents ranked their own Alma Mater as being the best?