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Department Rankings: An Alternative Approach

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 September 2013

Arthur H. Miller
Affiliation:
University of Iowa
Charles Tien
Affiliation:
University of Iowa
Andrew A. Peebler
Affiliation:
University of Iowa
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Copyright © The American Political Science Association 1996

Footnotes

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This effort has been, perhaps more than anything else, an exercise in data set construction. We wish to thank those individuals whose countless hours of data collection, rechecking, coding and entry have made this article possible: Megan Lutz, Graham Fuller, Michelle Ucci, Scott Fitzgerald, Jeremy Johnson and Chris Hipschen. We also wish to thank Chia-Hsing Lu for technical assistance, Karen Mazaika for editorial assistance and Peggy Swails for secretarial assistance.

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