An analysis of doctoral programs of health education

American Journal of Health Studies, Spring, 2004 by Stephen J. Notaro, Thomas W. O'Rourke, James M. Eddy

Table 1. Descriptive Analysis of Ranking Variables

Elements                      Weight      Mean        Median

External Funding               18.1%
  Funds                                $5,042,076   $3,248,074
Articles Published             17.3%
  Faculty Articles                        13.2         13.0
Mentoring & Placement          13.2%
  Articles (31.7)                          5.3          5.0
  Citations (18.3)                        37.3         19.5
  R1 Placement (50.0)                      1.8          1.4
Student Activity               11.8%
  2 Classes (50.0)                        --           --
  1 Class (25.0)                          --           --
  Assistantships (25.0)                   --           --
  Committees (25.0)                       --           --
Student/Faculty Ratio          11.5%
  Ratio                                    2.56         2.25
Citations Received              9.9%
  Faculty Citations                      271.2        156.5
Journal Editorships             9.2%
  Faculty Editorships                      9.9          9.5
Student Support                 9.0%
  50% or more (50.0)                      --           --
  25-49% (25.0)                           --           --
  Dissertation funds (25.0)               --           --

Elements                         High         Low     H/L Ratio

External Funding
  Funds                       $20,482,000   $18,000    1137.9
Articles Published
  Faculty Articles                 32          1         32.0
Mentoring & Placement
  Articles (31.7)                  18          0           18 *
  Citations (18.3)                158          0          158 *
  R1 Placement (50.0)               6          0            6 *
Student Activity
  2 Classes (50.0)                100%         0%         100 *
  1 Class (25.0)                   60%         0%          60 *
  Assistantships (25.0)           100%         0%         100 *
  Committees (25.0)               100%         0%         100 *
Student/Faculty Ratio
  Ratio                             7.14       0.36        19.8
Citations Received
  Faculty Citations              1309          2          654.5
Journal Editorships
  Faculty Editorships              32          0           32 *
Student Support
  50% or more (50.0)              100%         0%         100 *
  25-49% (25.0)                   100%         0%         100 *
  Dissertation funds (25.0)       100%         0%         100 *

-- Means and median were not calculated as results were given as
percentages

* To avoid ratios of infinity, low scores of 0 were given a score of 1
to calculate ratio.

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