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A data-driven data-based model for assessing the quality of graduate quality education

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Mar 26, 2025

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d+,d- and C results of educational training outcomes of each institution
d+,d- and C results of educational training outcomes of each institution

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d+, d- and C results of quality education in each institution
d+, d- and C results of quality education in each institution

Weighted normalized moment X of education and training results

School C1 C2 C3 C4 C5
A1 0.049340 0.047822 0.136828 0.082642 0.051327
A2 0.040287 0.048271 0.129731 0.089718 0.059272
A3 0.041753 0.047297 0.127432 0.072864 0.068632
A4 0.047072 0.046392 0.125370 0.075234 0.062431
A5 0.045501 0.045293 0.127543 0.083285 0.066723
A6 0.042615 0.052164 0.121324 0.088384 0.068632
A7 0.037812 0.050273 0.124358 0.083921 0.063725
A8 0.039263 0.054437 0.103254 0.085921 0.068913

Frame of the index system of the fifth round of discipline evaluation

Primary index Secondary index Three-level index
A. Quality of personnel training A1. Ideological and political education S1. Characteristics and effects of ideological and political education
A2. Culture process S2. Quality of published teaching materials
S3. Curriculum construction and teaching quality
S4. Research and education results
S5. International exchange of students
A3. Student at school S6. Representative results of students in school
S7. Dissertation quality
A4.Graduate S8. Quality of student employment and career development
S9. Employer Evaluation (some disciplines)
B. Faculty and resources B1. Teaching staff S10. Achievements in the construction of teachers’ ethics and ethics
S11. Quality of teaching staff construction
B2. Platform resource S12. Supporting platforms and major instruments (some disciplines)
C. Level of scientific research (and art/design practice) C1. Research results (and transformation) S13. Quality of academic papers
S14. Quality of academic work (in some disciplines)
S15. Patent conversion (in some disciplines)
S16. Research and development and transformation of new varieties (some disciplines)
S17. Research and development of new drugs (some disciplines)
C2. Research projects and awards S18. Research project situation
S19. Scientific research awards
C3. Artistic practice achievement S20. Art Practice Results (some disciplines)
C4. Art/design practice projects and awards S21. Art/Design Practice Projects (Some disciplines)
S22. Award winning Art/Design Practice (Selected disciplines)
D. Community service and academic reputation D1. Social service S23. Social service contribution
D2. Discipline reputation S24. Domestic reputation survey
S25. International Reputation Survey (in some disciplines)

Score table of postgraduate education quality evaluation index elements

Serial number Index element Very important Important Normal Unimportant Very unimportant Points
1 Teaching and management mechanism of postgraduate education 7 3 1 1
2 Postgraduate education resource allocation mechanism 3 5 3 3
3 Postgraduate admission selection mechanism 6 2 3 3
4 Postgraduate training philosophy and objectives 5 6
5 Achievements in the construction of teachers’ ethics and ethics 5 2 4 4
6 Quality of teaching staff construction 7 3 1 1
7 Teaching equipment and materials 1 3 5 2 9
8 Scientific research fund input 4 3 4 4
9 Scholarship system for graduate students 7 1 3 3
10 Curriculum construction and teaching quality 8 1 2 2
11 Dissertation quality and degree awarding management 6 2 3 3
12 Ideological and political education 2 5 4 4
13 Research achievements and transformation 6 3 2 9
14 Quality of student employment and career development 2 6 3 3
15 Social service participation and contribution rate 3 5 3 3
16 Academic reputation 5 3 3 3

Conceptual model of graduate education quality evaluation index system

Primary index Secondary index
Graduate education training background Teaching and management mechanism of postgraduate education
Postgraduate education resource allocation mechanism
Postgraduate admission selection mechanism
Postgraduate training philosophy and objectives
Investment in graduate education and training Achievements in the construction of teachers’ ethics and ethics
Quality of teaching staff construction
Scientific research fund input
Scholarship system for graduate students
Graduate education training process Curriculum construction and teaching quality
Dissertation quality and degree awarding managemen
Ideological and political education
Graduate student mental health
Graduate education and training results Research achievements and transformation
Quality of student employment and career development
Social service participation and contribution rate
Academic reputation

Calculation Table of First Grade Index Weight of all the Experts

Expert Background Investment Process Result λmax CI CR
1 0.2071 0.2775 0.2960 0.1477 4.0206 0.0404 0.0399
2 0.1628 0.3030 0.3407 0.1650 4.1171 0.0404 0.0449
3 0.1703 0.3618 0.3925 0.1666 4.0604 0.0390 0.0224
4 0.2026 0.3520 0.2865 0.1650 4.0206 0.0201 0.0434
5 0.1477 0.3872 0.2865 0.1650 4.0604 0.0069 0.0076
6 0.1628 0.3407 0.3225 0.1650 4.0604 0.0359 0.0224
7 0.1628 0.3618 0.3030 0.1477 4.1171 0.0201 0.0434
8 0.1760 0.2775 0.3925 0.2026 4.0604 0.0359 0.0224
9 0.1628 0.3520 0.3270 0.1518 4.0206 0.0201 0.0076
10 0.1650 0.3407 0.3270 0.1518 4.0604 0.0069 0.0224
11 0.2026 0.2775 0.2865 0.1703 4.0206 0.0201 0.0224
12 0.2026 0.3470 0.3270 0.1635 4.0206 0.0359 0.0076
13 0.1477 0.3520 0.2960 0.1760 4.0604 0.0201 0.0399
14 0.1635 0.3618 0.3925 0.1635 4.0206 0.0069 0.0076
Average 0.1596 0.3337 0.3395 0.1744
Standard deviation 0.0211 0.0356 0.0384 0.0228
Variation coefficient 0.1322 0.1067 0.1131 0.1307

Weight of First Grade Index

Primary index Background Investment Process Result
Weight factor 0.16 0.33 0.34 0.17

Weighted standardized moment X of quality education

School C1 C2 C3 C4 C5
A1 0.039274 0.079563 0.149532 0.096242 0.064532
A2 0.040245 0.078541 0.148624 0.093245 0.053886
A3 0.039136 0.076353 0.145623 0.092424 0.063562
A4 0.039264 0.078264 0.142947 0.091315 0.064877
A5 0.036821 0.070284 0.138962 0.094322 0.070845
A6 0.038623 0.071378 0.140972 0.088479 0.069374
A7 0.034972 0.058264 0.129642 0.079863 0.063256
A8 0.038794 0.069320 0.113974 0.072357 0.069634

Evaluation Index System of Postgraduate Education Quality

Primary index Secondary index
Graduate education training background 0.16 Teaching and management mechanism of postgraduate education 0.0180
Postgraduate education resource allocation mechanism 0.0532
Postgraduate admission selection mechanism 0.0775
Postgraduate training philosophy and objectives 0.0113
Investment in graduate education and training 0.33 Achievements in the construction of teachers’ ethics and ethics 0.0505
Quality of teaching staff construction 0.0483
Scientific research fund input 0.0820
Scholarship system for graduate students 0.1492
Graduate education training process 0.34 Curriculum construction and teaching quality 0.0720
Dissertation quality and degree awarding management 0.0548
Ideological and political education 0.0375
Graduate student mental health 0.1757
Graduate education and training results 0.17 Research achievements and transformation 0.0185
Quality of student employment and career development 0.0390
Social service participation and contribution rate 0.0591
Academic reputation 0.0534
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