USING A DEA MANAGEMENT TOOLTHROUGH A NONPARAMETRIC APPROACH: AN EXAMINATION OF URBAN-RURAL EFFECTS ON THAI SCHOOL EFFICIENCY

This paper examines urban-rural effects on public upper-secondary school efficiency in northern Thailand. In the study, efficiency was measured by a nonparametric technique, data envelopment analysis (DEA). Urban-rural effects were examined through a Mann-Whitney nonparametric statistical test. Resu...

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Main Author: SANGCHAN KANTABUTRA
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Simon Fraser University 2009-04-01
Series:International Journal of Education Policy and Leadership
Online Access:http://journals.sfu.ca/ijepl/index.php/ijepl/article/view/157/63