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The limitations of the simple descriptive statistics, such as average and per unit

output, are very clear, that is we can only consider one input or one output at one

time, and ignore other inputs and outputs, which is hard to reflect the entire status of

research production in university. In fact, as we have mentioned in the opening

chapter of this book, research production is a multi-input-multi-output process in

universities, it’s necessary to take more appropriate methods to evaluate their

productivity and efficiency. This is the main task for the next few chapters in this

book. We will use more advanced techniques such as DEA, to evaluate the effi-

ciency and productivity of university research production. Furthermore, through

comparing research inputs and outputs by university type and location, wefind that

there are between-type gaps and between-location gaps, which should be taken into

account in the following chapters. And we will continue to make comparisons

between university type and location throughout the remaining chapters.

Appendix

See Tables3.33,3.34,3.35,3.36,3.37,3.38.

Table 3.33 ID Numbers of“211 Project”Universities (NEAM)

ID English name ID English name ID English name

1 Peking University 35 Tongji University 69 Guizhou University

2 Renmin University

of China

36 Shanghai Jiaotong

University

70 Xian Jiaotong

University

3 Tsinghua University 37 East China University

of Science and

Technology

71 Northwest

Agricultural and

Forestry University

4 Beijing Jiaotong

University

38 Donghua University 72 Qinghai University

5 Beijing University

of Technology

39 East China Normal

University

73 Huazhong

University Science

and Technology

6 Beihang University 40 Shanghai University 74 Central China

Normal University

7 Beijing Institute of

Technology

41 Nanjing University 75 Hunan Normal

University

8 University of

Science and

Technology Beijing

42 Soochow University 76 South China

University of

Technology

9 Beijing University

of Chemical

Technology

43 Southeast University 77 Sichuan University

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