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RESEARCHING THE EFFICIENCY OF SCIENTIFIC AND PUBLICATION ACTIVITIES OF HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS USING THE TWO-STEP METHOD OF DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS

Y.V. Dolgikh

Èlektron. model. 2025, 47(6):102-119

https://doi.org/10.15407/emodel.47.06.102

ABSTRACT

The study aims to identify the peculiarities of applying the two-step method of Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) to analyze the effectiveness of scientific and journalistic activities of technical higher education institutions (HEIs) in Ukraine.

The first step is to assess the effectiveness of scientific and journalistic activities of technical higher education institutions of Ukraine using the VRS-input-oriented model, which contains scientometric indicators. According to the results of the study, in 2024, 34% of technical higher education institutions of Ukraine had the maximum relative net technical efficiency of scientific and journalistic activities. The average relative net technical efficiency of technical HEIs of Ukraine in 2024 was 0.82. Based on the estimated efficiency values, the ranking of technical higher education institutions for 2024 was compiled. At the second step, using the methods of one-factor analysis of variance and the Mann-Whitney U-test, a study was conducted to determine the impact of the scale of the HEI on the efficiency of scientific and publishing activities. It was found that the scale of the studied higher education institutions does not affect this efficiency.

KEYWORDS

two-step method of Data Envelopment Analysis, higher education institutions, efficiency, one-factor analysis of variance, Mann-Whitney U-test.

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