Table 15 : Pearson Product Moment Correlation Coefficients
for raw Scores for
NRC, U. S. News and Gourman Ratings of Graduate Programs
| NRC x U.S. News 1996 | NRC x Gourman | U.S. News 1996 x Gourman | U.S. News 1996 x U.S. News 1997 | |||||
| Field | Pearson R | (N) | Pearson R | (N) | Pearson R | (N) | Pearson R | (N) |
| Economics | .96 | (26) | .98 | (39) | .91 | (25) | 1.00 | (27) |
| English | .92 | (26) | .95 | (36) | .87 | (25) | .95 | (26) |
| History | .95 | (27) | .88 | (37) | .87 | (27) | 1.00 | (27) |
| Political Science | .97 | (26) | .83 | (33) | .83 | (25) | 1.00 | (26) |
| Psychology | .85 | (27) | .90 | (40) | .81 | (27) | 1.00 | (26) |
| Sociology | .94 | (26) | .85 | (32) | .75 | (25) | 1.00 | (26) |