Tom Bell continues his series on the U.S. News & World Report Law School Rankings with a post on Accuracy of the Model of USN&WR’s Law School Rankings:
Herewith the law schools that got scores notably higher (hence the "+") in USN&WR’s 2007 rankings than they did in my model, measured as the difference between the two scores divided by the USN&WR score.
+ 7.24%: Baylor
+ 5.57%: Arizona State
+ 5.42%: Missouri–Columbia
+ 5.11%: Penn
+ 4.80%: George WashingtonThe divergences at the other end of the scale do not jump out quite as much. Herewith the law schools that got scores notably lower scores in USN&WR’s 2007 rankings than they did in my model:
– 4.70%: Penn State
– 4.91%: George Mason
– 5.95%: Toledo
– 6.64%: Santa Clara
Prior posts in Tom’s series:
- Bell on the U.S. News Law School Rankings: The Role of ABA Data
- Bell on the U.S. News Law School Rankings: Why Model the Rankings?
- Bell on the U.S. News Law School Rankings: Reverse Engineering the Rankings
- Bell on the U.S. News Law School Rankings: Winners & Losers in Use of Reported Median LSATs & GPAs
- Bell on the U.S. News Law School Rankings: Student Quality
