Overuse of metrics to judge research criticised

The president of the British Academy has warned against the government's plans to judge research using statistical analysis alone saying it risks producing "unintelligent forms of accountability".Much greater use of "metrics", such as research income, student numbers, publications and how much research is cited by other researchers, to judge the quality of research in UK universities is due to be introduced after this year's research assessment exercise.

Overuse of metrics to judge research criticised | higher news | EducationGuardian.co.uk

Interesting article poss relevant to qualitative vs. quantitative validity debate

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