Developing Metrics for Equity, Diversity and Competition: New measures for schools and universities

Innovative Modelling Techniques in Educational Research is a ground-breaking book in the field of educational research. It introduces new methodology and theory in the sub-fields of Improvement and Leadership Research, Educational Effectiveness Research, Education Policy Research, Higher Education, and many others. The theory and techniques are quantitative / mathematical in nature, but have a wide range of applications within mixed-methods approaches. They include

warranted weighting systems for constructing league tables,

game theoretic approaches to analysing power and influence,

indices for measuring equity in education,

oligopolistic models for the educational awards market, and

calculating the optimal mass of working groups in research institutions.

The book is an ideal resource for educational researchers, policy-makers and high-level practitioners, and those who want to explore the possibilities of using novel approaches to address the problems faced by schools, colleges and universities in the new education landscape.