THE HAZARDS OF DOING A PHD - AN ANALYSIS OF COMPLETION AND WITHDRAWALRATES OF BRITISH PHD STUDENTS IN THE 1980S

Authors
BOOTH AL SATCHELL SE
Citation
Al. Booth et Se. Satchell, THE HAZARDS OF DOING A PHD - AN ANALYSIS OF COMPLETION AND WITHDRAWALRATES OF BRITISH PHD STUDENTS IN THE 1980S, Journal of the Royal Statistical Society. Series A. Statistics in society, 158, 1995, pp. 297-318
Citations number
17
Categorie Soggetti
Statistic & Probability","Statistic & Probability
Journal title
Journal of the Royal Statistical Society. Series A. Statistics in society → ACNP
ISSN journal
09641998
Volume
158
Year of publication
1995
Part
2
Pages
297 - 318
Database
ISI
SICI code
0964-1998(1995)158:<297:THODAP>2.0.ZU;2-U
Abstract
The paper examines the completion and withdrawal rates for British PhD students, by using the 1986 national survey of 1980 graduates. The st atistical analysis is carried out in a competing risks framework, base d on the distributional assumptions of the generalized gamma family. T he problem of thresholding of completion data is also addressed. We fi nd considerable variability of completion rates across disciplines, ge nder and individuals' employment status while undertaking PhD research .