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- From: coop4y44@bnr.ca (Robb Keayes)
- Subject: Re: Hello
- Message-ID: <1992Nov16.202921.6606@bcars6a8.bnr.ca>
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- Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1992 20:29:21 GMT
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- >From: doug.hewko@synapse.org
- >
- >>...Erik P. Trounce writes....
- >>
- >>EP.Well that was fun, see you later. (Check out those Maclean's ratings!!)
- >
- >The Maclean's ratings mean nothing. Quoting the CHARLATAN;
- >" According to Ann Dowsett Johnston, editor in charge of Maclean's
- >univeristy project, abstentions by certain universities ultimately
- >affected their rating.
- > 'They were put at the bottom of the list because it would be unfair
- >to give them the average,' said Johnston.
- > For each categorical omission, a university was given the lowest
- >score in that category.
- > The Universite du Quebec's Montreal campus refused to answer the
- >questionnaire because school administrators felt the questions were
- >'inappropriate.' The university, which has campuses all over Quebec,
- >returned the questionnaire, but without its biggest member
- >participating. It was ranked in last place among medium-sized
- >universities."
-
- >Professors at Carleton (now #6 out of 12 <g>) are using the survey as
- >an example on how not to design a survey. But then I guess this might
- >be too advanced for people from a university named after an ABBA song..
-
- >Now let's see this flame war really heat up! <g>
-
- And now I put on my asbestos suit...
-
- Well, I'm from Simon Fraser (SFU) and we were ranked #2 behind Waterloo. I
- think that if MacLean's incorporated the Sports Illustrated poll (That ranks
- the overall beauty of the women (and perhaps men, in the spirit of equality) on
- campus), then SFU would definitely come out ahead of those arrogant Waterloo
- types. Might teach the Engineers some humility, but likely not.
-
- And what about Carelton? They go up in tha rankings so the profs decide that
- the methods used were not valid. Sort of validates their ranking on the
- overall entrance requirements (and hence the intelligence) of the general
- Carelton population.
-
- Anyone care to defend their school?
-