Participation profile of the Southern Economic Association annual meetings.I. Introduction This paper presents a new ranking for southern universities and colleges based on institutional participation at the annual Southern Economic Association meetings. It provides information that is both meaningful and different from that given by other ranking procedures, and so can complement them. II. The Data The seven annual Southern Economic Association conferences from 1984 to 1990 provide the data base for the study. Individuals listed on the program are allocated to institutions using the affiliations given in the final conference programs. Southern universities and colleges are distinguished from other institutions in the rankings. The South is defined as the West South Central, East South Central and South Atlantic divisions Atlantic Division is:
Census Bureau . Thus universities and colleges in the following states are classified as southern: West South Central--Arkansas, Louisiana Louisiana (ləwē'zēăn`ə, l  ē'–), state in the S central United States. It is bounded by Mississippi, with the Mississippi R. , Oklahoma Oklahoma (ōkləhō`mə), state in SW United States. It is bordered by Missouri and Arkansas (E); Texas, partially across the Red R. (S, W); New Mexico, across the narrow edge of the Oklahoma Panhandle (W); and Colorado and Kansas (N). , Texas; East South Central--Kentucky, Tennessee Tennessee, state, United StatesTennessee (tĕn`əsē', tĕn'əsē`), state in the south-central United States. , Alabama Alabama, indigenous people of North America Alabama (ăləbăm`ə), indigenous people of North America whose language belongs to the Muskogean branch of the Hokan-Siouan linguistic stock (see Native American languages). , Mississippi Mississippi, state, United States Mississippi (mĭs'əsĭp`ē), one of the Deep South states of the United States. It is bordered by Alabama (E), the Gulf of Mexico (S), Arkansas and Louisiana, with most of the border formed by ; South Atlantic--Delaware, Maryland Maryland (mâr`ələnd), one of the Middle Atlantic states of the United States. It is bounded by Delaware and the Atlantic Ocean (E), the District of Columbia (S), Virginia and West Virginia (S, W), and Pennsylvania (N). , District of Columbia District of Columbia, federal district (2000 pop. 572,059, a 5.7% decrease in population since the 1990 census), 69 sq mi (179 sq km), on the east bank of the Potomac River, coextensive with the city of Washington, D.C. (the capital of the United States). , Virginia Virginia, state, United States Virginia, state of the south-central United States. It is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean (E), North Carolina and Tennessee (S), Kentucky and West Virginia (W), and Maryland and the District of Columbia (N and NE). , West Virginia West Virginia, E central state of the United States. It is bordered by Pennsylvania and Maryland (N), Virginia (E and S), and Kentucky and, across the Ohio R., Ohio (W). Facts and Figures Area, 24,181 sq mi (62,629 sq km). Pop. , North Carolina North Carolina, state in the SE United States. It is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean (E), South Carolina and Georgia (S), Tennessee (W), and Virginia (N). Facts and Figures Area, 52,586 sq mi (136,198 sq km). Pop. , South Carolina South Carolina, state of the SE United States. It is bordered by North Carolina (N), the Atlantic Ocean (SE), and Georgia (SW). Facts and Figures Area, 31,055 sq mi (80,432 sq km). Pop. (2000) 4,012,012, a 15. , Georgia Georgia, country, Asia Georgia (jôr`jə), Georgian Sakartvelo, Rus. Gruziya, officially Republic of Georgia, republic (2005 est. pop. 4,677,000), c.26,900 sq mi (69,700 sq km), in W Transcaucasia. , Florida Florida, state, United States Florida (flôr`ĭdə, flŏr`–), state in the extreme SE United States. A long, low peninsula between the Atlantic Ocean (E) and the Gulf of Mexico (W), Florida is bordered by Georgia and . Weights are assigned as·sign tr.v. as·signed, as·sign·ing, as·signs 1. To set apart for a particular purpose; designate: assigned a day for the inspection. 2. to individuals based on the form of their participation. The following weighting scheme is used: chair of session = 1; single authored paper = 1; author of two-person paper = 0.5; author of a paper with three or more authors = 0.333; discussant dis·cus·sant n. A participant in a formal discussion. Noun 1. discussant - a participant in a formal discussion adducer - a discussant who offers an example or a reason or a proof = 0.25. An individual's contribution at any conference can count for more than one; for example, someone who presented a single authored paper and acted as a discussant earns 1.25 points for his institution.(1) The resulting weighted participation rates over the seven annual conferences are converted to annual averages. I experimented with several alternative weighting schemes. For instance, one alternative procedure assigned a weight of one to each author, irrespective of irrespective of prep. Without consideration of; regardless of. irrespective of preposition despite the number of authors; another counted only paper presentations, not other forms of participation; another weighted every appearance on the program equally. Weight changes resulted in little change in the rankings. For southern schools, the typical correlation coefficient Correlation Coefficient A measure that determines the degree to which two variable's movements are associated. The correlation coefficient is calculated as: between alternative series is 0.98. Accordingly, I report only the one set of participation rates and ranks. The conference programs show that the participants come from 734 institutions made up as follows: southern schools, 202; non-southern U.S. schools, 278; foreign schools, 37 from 18 countries; non-academic institutions, 217. III. The Rankings Table I gives the rankings and weighted participation averages for all southern schools.(2) Large southern state universities dominate the top of the rankings. Auburn Auburn (ô`bərn). 1 City (1990 pop. 33,830), Lee co., E Ala.; inc. 1839. The city's economy centers around Auburn Univ.; there is some manufacturing. 2 City (1990 pop. 24,309), seat of Androscoggin co. , George George, river, c.345 mi (560 km) long, rising in a lake on the Quebec-Labrador boundary, E Canada. It flows N through Indian Lake (125 sq mi/324 sq km) to Ungava Bay (an arm of Hudson Strait). Mason, Louisiana State, Alabama, Oklahoma State, Florida State, Memphis State, Texas A&M, Georgia and South Carolina, in that order, fill the first ten positions. The only private universities in the top twenty five are Southern Methodist (fourteenth) and Vanderbilt (fifteenth In music, a fifteenth (sometimes abbreviated 15ma) is the interval between one musical note and another with one-quarter or quadruple the frequency. It corresponds to two octaves. It is the fourth harmonic. ). Table II gives information on participation by the 54 non-southern schools with a weighted average of 1.0 or greater. Penn State, Southern Illinois Illinois, river, United States Illinois, river, 273 mi (439 km) long, formed by the confluence of the Des Plaines and Kankakee rivers, NE Ill., and flowing SW to the Mississippi at Grafton, Ill. It is an important commercial and recreational waterway. , Indiana Indiana, state, United States Indiana, midwestern state in the N central United States. It is bordered by Lake Michigan and the state of Michigan (N), Ohio (E), Kentucky, across the Ohio R. (S), and Illinois (W). and Illinois State all had participation rates equivalent to the twenty five most active southern schools. The three highest ranking foreign schools were Canadian Canadian (kənā`dēən), river, 906 mi (1,458 km) long, rising in NE New Mexico. and flowing E across N Texas and central Oklahoma into the Arkansas River in E Oklahoma. , in order Toronto Toronto (tərŏn`tō), city (1998 est pop. 2,400,000), provincial capital, S Ont., Canada, on Lake Ontario. Toronto is the largest city in Canada and since the 1970s has been one of the fastest-changing cities in North America, experiencing (participation average O. 429) and Concordia Concordia (kōng-kôr`thyä), city (1991 pop. 116,491), Entre Ríos prov., NE Argentina, a port on the Uruguay River. and British Columbia British Columbia, province (2001 pop. 3,907,738), 366,255 sq mi (948,600 sq km), including 6,976 sq mi (18,068 sq km) of water surface, W Canada. Geography (average for both 0.286). Table III gives details of the 17 non-academic institutions with participation rates of 1.0 or above. Six regional Federal Reserve Banks are on the list: in order, the Dallas Dallas, city (1990 pop. 1,006,877), seat of Dallas co., N Tex., on the Trinity River near the junction of its three forks; inc. 1871. The second largest Texas city, after Houston, and the eighth largest U.S. , Atlanta Atlanta (ətlăn`tə, ăt–), city (1990 pop. 394,017), state capital and seat of Fulton co., NW Ga., on the Chattahoochee R. and Peachtree Creek, near the Appalachian foothills; inc. 1847. , St. Louis Louis, titular duke of Burgundy Louis, 1682–1712, titular duke of Burgundy; grandson of King Louis XIV of France. He became heir to the throne on the death (1711) of his father, Louis the Great Dauphin. , Cleveland Cleveland, former county, England Cleveland, former county, NE England, created under the Local Government Act of 1972 (effective 1974). It was composed of the county boroughs of Hartlepool and Teeside and parts of the former counties of Durham and , Richmond Richmond, cities, United States Richmond. 1 City (1990 pop. 87,425), Contra Costa co., W Calif., on San Pablo Bay, an inlet of San Francisco Bay; inc. 1905. and Philadelphia Philadelphia, ancient cities Philadelphia, name of several ancient cities. One was in Lydia, W Asia Minor (now W Turkey). At the foot of Mt. Tmolus and near the location of modern Alaşehir, it was founded in the 2d cent. B.C. Feds; also represented is the Board of Governors of the Fed. This confirms the substantial research activity of the Federal Reserve System found in |3~. Do the rankings provide information additional to that obtained from publication studies? Published departmental publication rates are now out of date--for instance the widely used studies by Graves, Marchand Marchand is a frequent surname in France and in Quebec (French word for merchant) The surname may refer to:
Thompson, city (1991 pop. 14,977), central Man., Canada, on the Burntwood River. A mining town, it developed after large nickel deposits were discovered in the area in 1956. |2~ and Davis and Papanek |1~ cover the quinquennia 1974 to 1978 and 1979 to 1983 respectively. Accordingly I shall make use of unpublished data covering the 1984 to 1988 quinquennium quin·quen·ni·um n. pl. quin·quen·ni·ums or quin·quen·ni·a A period of five years. [Latin qu .(3) For the southern universities and colleges in Table I, I have the pages published and the corresponding publication rankings. The simple correlation coefficient between the participation average and pages published is 0.594. The Spearman spear·man n. A man, especially a soldier, armed with a spear. rank correlation In statistics, rank correlation is the study of relationships between different rankings on the same set of items. It deals with measuring correspondence between two rankings, and assessing the significance of this correspondence. between the rankings of the participation and pages series is 0.585. While these correlations are easily significant at the 99 per cent confidence level, the relationship is not particularly close. Only two of the universities ranked in the top ten by SEA conference participation, Louisiana State and Texas A&M, are also in the top ten southern schools ranked by publications. Thus the SEA conference participation data provides net additional information to that provided by publication data.
Table 1. Ranking of Southern Universities and Colleges and
Weighted Participation Averages.
Rank School Average
1. Auburn University 14.080
2. George Mason University 13.200
3. Louisiana State University 10.550
4. University of Alabama 9.976
5. Oklahoma State University 9.202
6. Florida State University 9.095
7. Memphis State University 8.238
8. Texas A&M University 7.786
9. University of Georgia 7.690
10. University of South Carolina 7.381
11. University of Kentucky 6.607
12. University of Florida 6.571
13. University of New Orleans 6.250
14. Southern Methodist University 6.214
15. Vanderbilt University 6.071
16. University of Tennessee 5.321
17. Georgia State University 5.238
18. University of North Carolina at 4.976
Chapel Hill
19. University of South Florida 4.893
20. University of Central Florida 4.786
21. Clemson University 4.726
22. University of Virginia 4.357
23. Appalachian State University 4.262
24. North Carolina State University 4.214
25. Auburn University at 3.988
Montgomery
26. Virginia Polytechnic Institute 3.869
and State University
27. University of Maryland 3.810
28. University of Texas--Arlington 3.774
29. Wake Forest University 3.750
30. American University 3.631
31. Trinity University 3.571
32. Duke University 3.560
33. James Madison University 3.500
34. Emory University 3.393
35. Old Dominion University 3.357
36. University of Texas 3.226
37. George Washington University 3.202
38. University of Richmond 3.190
39. North Texas State University 3.170
40. University of North Florida 3.071
41. Tulane University 3.060
42. University of North Carolina at 2.774
Greensboro
43. Georgetown University 2.571
44. West Kentucky University 2.536
45. University of Mississippi 2.524
46. Texas Tech University 2.464
47. University of Houston 2.392
48. University of Miami 2.369
49. University of North Carolina at 2.274
Charlotte
50. University of Southern 2.250
Mississippi
51. University of Delaware 2.226
52. University of Oklahoma 2.143
53. Davidson College 2.107
54. Loyola University 2.071
55. Baylor University 2.048
55. Radford University 2.048
57. East Carolina State University 2.024
58. Florida International University 1.762
59. University of Texas-- 1.726
San Antonio
60. Mississippi State University 1.607
61. University of Arkansas 1.536
61. University of North Carolina at 1.536
Wilmington
61. Winthrop College 1.536
64. Southeastern Louisiana 1.488
University
65. University of South Alabama 1.464
66. Kennesaw College 1.429
67. Nicholls State University 1.369
68. Furman University 1.286
68. University of Alabama-- 1.286
Birmingham
70. Pan-American University 1.250
71. Murray State University 1.214
72. University of Houston-- 1.202
Clear Lake
73. East Tennessee State University 1.190
74. Norfolk State University 1.143
75. Texas Christian University 1.107
76. Louisiana Tech University 1.083
77. East Kentucky University 1.048
78. Howard University 1.036
78. Mary Washington College 1.036
80. Georgia Southern College 1.000
80. Rice University 1.000
80. University of Arkansas-- 1.000
Little Rock
83. University of Tennessee-- 0.988
Martin
84. Temple University 0.976
85. Loyola College of Maryland 0.964
86. University of Texas--El Paso 0.905
87. Catholic University of America 0.893
88. Centenary College 0.821
88. Johns Hopkins University 0.821
90. McNeese State University 0.786
90. University of North Carolina-- 0.786
Asheville
90. Lander College 0.786
93. Rollins College 0.750
94. Georgia Institute of Technology 0.690
95. West Virginia University 0.679
96. University of Southwestern 0.643
Louisiana
96. Christian Brothers College 0.643
96. Washington and Lee University 0.643
99. Benedict College 0.607
100. Florida Atlantic University 0.595
101. Louisiana State University-- 0.571
Shreveport
101. University of Louisville 0.571
103. Central State University 0.536
103. University of North Alabama 0.536
105. College of William and Mary 0.500
105. Millsaps College 0.500
105. Southwest Texas State 0.500
University
108. Jacksonville University 0.476
109. College of Charleston 0.464
109. U.S. Naval Academy 0.464
109. University of Tennessee-- 0.464
Chatanooga
112. Columbus College 0.429
112. University of Montevallo 0.429
114. Virginia Commonwealth 0.405
University
115. University of Baltimore 0.393
115. The Citadel 0.393
117. Goucher College 0.357
117. Tarleton State University 0.357
117. University of West Florida 0.357
117. University of Alabama-- 0.357
Huntsville
121. Lamar University 0.321
121. Sam Houston State University 0.321
121. Savannah State College 0.321
124. Middle Tennessee State 0.298
University
125. Northern Kentucky University 0.286
125. Agnes Scott College 0.286
125. Centre College 0.286
125. Texas Southern University 0.286
129. Tennessee Tech University 0.261
130. Bellarmine College 0.250
130. Florida A&M 0.250
130. Hampden-Sydney College 0.250
130. Meredith College 0.250
130. Roanoke College 0.250
130. West Georgia College 0.250
136. Elon College 0.214
136. Troy State University 0.214
136. University of the South 0.214
136. University of Central Arkansas 0.214
136. University of Maryland-- 0.214
Baltimore County
136. University of Southern 0.214
Mississippi--Gulfport
142. Marshall University 0.190
143. Northeast Louisiana University 0.179
143. Southern University-- 0.179
New Orleans
143. Hendrix College 0.179
143. Liberty University 0.179
143. Western Carolina University 0.179
148. Arkansas State University 0.143
148. St. Mary's College 0.143
148. University of Arkansas-- 0.143
Monticello
148. Atlanta University 0.143
148. Eckerd College 0.143
148. Industrial College of the Armed 0.143
Forces
148. Mary Baldwin College 0.143
148. Midwestern State University 0.143
148. National Defense University 0.143
148. Prairie View A&M 0.143
148. Sweet Briar College 0.143
148. Tennessee State University 0.143
148. Tuskegee University 0.143
148. Washington College 0.143
148. Winston-Salem State University 0.143
163. Morehouse College 0.107
163. Belmont College 0.107
165. Valdosta State College 0.083
166. Arkansas College 0.071
166. Birmingham-Southern College 0.071
166. Bridgewater College 0.071
166. East Texas University 0.071
166. Francis Marion College 0.071
166. Georgia College 0.071
166. Hollins College 0.071
166. Lynchburg College 0.071
166. Spring Hill College 0.071
166. Emory and Henry College 0.071
166. Southern University 0.071
166. University of Dallas 0.071
178. University of Tampa 0.048
179. Berry College 0.036
179. University of South Carolina-- 0.036
Aiken
179. University of South Carolina-- 0.036
Spartanburg
179. University of Texas--Tyler 0.036
179. Alabama A&M University 0.036
179. Chattanooga State Technical 0.036
Comm. College
179. Columbia State Comm. College 0.036
179. Corpus Christi State University 0.036
179. Hampton University 0.036
179. LBJ School of Public Affairs 0.036
179. Mercer University 0.036
179. Pembroke State University 0.036
179. Piedmont University 0.036
179. Rhodes College 0.036
179. Salisbury State University 0.036
179. Savannah State University 0.036
179. Shepard College 0.036
179. Tougaloo College 0.036
179. Towson State University 0.036
179. Transylvania University 0.036
179. University of Alabama-- 0.036
Montgomery
179. University of the D.C. 0.036
179. University of South Carolina-- 0.036
Sumter
Table II. Ranking of Non-Southern Universities and Colleges and
Weighted Participation Averages (Schools with averages of one
or more)
Rank School Average
1. Pennsylvania State University 6.762
2. Southern Illinois University 4.429
3. Indiana University 4.083
4. Illinois State University 4.024
5. Rutgets University 3.440
6. Miami University--Ohio 3.333
7. Ohio State University 3.262
8. Arizona State University 3.238
9. University of Missouri-- 2.524
Columbia
10. Michigan State University 2.405
11. University of Notre Dame 2.226
12. University of Wyoming 2.155
13. University of Cincinnati 1.988
14. Ball State University 1.869
15. St. Cloud University 1.810
16. Purdue University 1.750
17. Washington University 1.726
18. State University of New York-- 1.702
Buffalo
19. Northern Illinois University 1.690
20. University of Illinois 1.595
21. University of Missouri--Rolla 1.571
22. State University of New York-- 1.524
Binghampton
23. Bowling Green State University 1.512
24. Rochester Institute of 1.464
Technology
24. University of Oregon 1.464
26. University of Arizona 1.440
27. Central Michigan University 1.429
27. Montana State University 1.429
29. University of Missouri-- 1.405
St. Louis
30. University of Nevada Las Vegas 1.393
31. Lehigh University 1.357
31. Weber State College 1.357
31. Western Illinois University 1.357
34. Wayne State University 1.333
35. University of Akron 1.321
36. California Institute of 1.286
Technology
36. University of Colorado 1.286
38. University of Colorado--Denver 1.262
39. California State University 1.214
39. University of Toledo 1.214
41. Cornell University 1.179
41. University of Southern 1.179
California
43. University of Wisconsin-- 1.155
LaCrosse
44. Southern Illinois University-- 1.119
Edwardsville
44. University of Michigan 1.119
46. Duquesne University 1.107
46. University of Nebraska--Omaha 1.107
48. University of New Hampshire 1.083
49. Purdue University--Indianapolis 1.071
49. University of California-- 1.071
Los Angeles
49. Wright State University 1.071
52. New York University 1.036
53. University of Pennsylvania 1.024
54. John Carroll University 1.012
Table III. Ranking of Non-Academic Institutions and Weighted
Participation Averages (Institutions with averages of one or
more)
Rank Institution Average
1. Federal Trade Commission 5.484
2. Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas 2.964
3. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics 2.179
4. U.S. Dept. of Justice 2.140
5. Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta 1.964
6. American Enterprise Institute 1.929
7. Federal Reserve Bank of St. 1.761
Louis
8. Federal Reserve Bank of 1.429
Philadelphia
9. Resources for the Future 1.356
10. Federal Reserve Bank of 1.320
Cleveland
10. Federal Reserve Board 1.320
12. U.S. Dept. of Education 1.286
13. Federal Reserve Bank of 1.214
Richmond
13. U.S. International Trade 1.214
Commission
15. Council of Economic Advisors 1.047
16. International Monetary Fund 1.036
16. U.S. General Accounting Office 1.036
1. No attempt was made to check whether or not a person listed on a program actually attended the conference and performed the stated functions. Non-attendance is likely to be common with co-authored papers and may account for a substantial portion of the credit earned by some non-southern institutions. 2. In all the tables, when two or more institutions have the same participation average, the institutions are listed alphabetically al·pha·bet·i·cal also al·pha·bet·ic adj. 1. Arranged in the customary order of the letters of a language. 2. Of, relating to, or expressed by an alphabet. . 3. These data were provided to me by Loren C. Scott of Louisiana CODE, OF LOUISIANA. In 1822, Peter Derbigny, Edward Livingston, and Moreau Lislet, were selected by the legislature to revise and amend the civil code, and to add to it such laws still in force as were not included therein. State University. They will be reported in a forthcoming paper. The methodology used, similar to that in Davis and Papanek |1~ and Graves, Marchand, and Thompson |2~, is based on publications in 24 journals. References 1. Davis, Paul and Gustav F Papanek, "Faculty Ratings of Major Economics Departments by Citations." American Economic Review, March 1984, 225-30. 2. Graves, Philip E., James R. Marchand, and Randall Thompson
["CONSTRAINTS: A Language for Expressing Almost-Hierarchical Descriptions", G.J. Sussman et al, Artif Intell 14(1):1-39 (Aug 1980)]. and Efficiency." American Economic Review, December 1982, 1131-41. 3. Jansen, Dennis W., "Ranking Federal Reserve System Research Department by Publications in Professional Journals." Journal of Macroeconomics macroeconomics Study of the entire economy in terms of the total amount of goods and services produced, total income earned, level of employment of productive resources, and general behaviour of prices. , Fall 1991, 733-42. |
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