http://www.concurringopinions.com/archives/2006/04/rankings_and_pr.html The Law, the Universe, and Everything Sun, 22 Nov 2009 17:51:16 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.3 hourly 1 http://www.concurringopinions.com/archives/2006/04/rankings_and_pr.html/comment-page-1#comment-59377 Scott Moss Mon, 24 Apr 2006 21:01:04 +0000 http://www.solove.org/archives/2006/04/rankings-and-precision.html#comment-59377 You point out a serious problem, Kaimi, but I have to say that I see no solution (other than getting rid of rankings, which I will do as soon as I am elected Supreme Overlord). The obvious solution is "groupings" or "tiers" without numbered rankings -- but as a prof at the law school a US News official has said is 101, I have to say that it sucks being at the school just below the cutoff. And, of course, the cutoff gives an artificial sense of precision that overrates schools just above the cutoff while underrating those just below. You point out a serious problem, Kaimi, but I have to say that I see no solution (other than getting rid of rankings, which I will do as soon as I am elected Supreme Overlord). The obvious solution is “groupings” or “tiers” without numbered rankings — but as a prof at the law school a US News official has said is 101, I have to say that it sucks being at the school just below the cutoff. And, of course, the cutoff gives an artificial sense of precision that overrates schools just above the cutoff while underrating those just below.

]]> http://www.concurringopinions.com/archives/2006/04/rankings_and_pr.html/comment-page-1#comment-59376 Nate Oman Mon, 24 Apr 2006 20:33:30 +0000 http://www.solove.org/archives/2006/04/rankings-and-precision.html#comment-59376 Kaimi: Is this meant as an argument against ordinal rankings, or simply against taking them too seriously? Kaimi: Is this meant as an argument against ordinal rankings, or simply against taking them too seriously?

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