Older editions of the CIA World Factbook, going back to 1989, country rankings constructed from CIA data, and additional country information from other sources are available at the Countries of the World website, which was begun in 1996.

The rankings of the individual tiles are similar in most games.

Besides the obvious instances of setting records, absolute scores are also used for rankings and qualifications for higher level meets.

Although unofficial rankings are circulated within some participating nations, there is therefore no standard.

Some other rankings are:

Among these are general economic conditions as measured by real and nominal gross domestic product ; inflation ; labor supply and demand ; wage levels, distribution and differentials ; employment terms ; productivity growth ; labor costs ; business operating costs ; the number and trend of bankruptcies ; economic freedom rankings ; standards of living and the prevailing average wage rate.

* They are the top-scoring institutions in cross-subject UK university rankings, so they are targeted by ambitious pupils, parents and schools.

In a traditional education system and economy, students are given grades and rankings compared to each other.

The professional schools of the University of California, San Francisco are among the top in the nation, according to current ( 2012 ) US News and World Report graduate school and other rankings.

The UCSF School of Pharmacy was also ranked as the top program in the US, according to a 2002 survey published in The Annals of Pharmacotherapy, which weighed key criteria, including funding for research and the frequency of scientific publications by faculty, that are not considered in other rankings.

However, the relationship between these clades is unclear, and as a result of many historical taxonomic interpretations and differing opinions regarding the significance of morphological variations, rankings of taxa within the order are inconsistent.

Cladistic analyses of DNA sequence data suggests that the present subdivisions and rankings are largely invalid.

The magazine's rankings are recognized as " official " by some in the U. S. media, particularly ESPN.

The rankings are based solely on a survey of engineering deans and senior faculty at all programs accredited by ABET ( formerly known as Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology ), conducted during the spring of 2012.

Below are the top 20 video game publishers, ranked by Game Developer in October 2010, in order from the 2009 rankings with exception of the new publishers to the list and ones that did not make the 2010 list.

Professional rankings are separate from the amateur ratings ( usually 30 kyu through 7 dan ).

Professional rankings are 1 dan through 9 dan ( sometimes written 1p through 9p ).

Professional dan rankings are normally awarded in Japan, China, South Korea or Taiwan, through one of the professional Go associations, most notably the Hanguk Kiwon ( Korea ) or Nihon Ki-in ( Japan ).

The rankings are as follows: Newsweek ranked Locust Valley High School # 2 on Long Island ; # 6 in New York State ; and # 55 in the nation.

However, these rankings are highly controversial, because of their source.

In October 2007 the American Society of Criminology, the United States Conference of Mayors, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation requested that the publisher reconsider the promotion of the book – specifically, " their inaccurate and inflammatory press release labeling cities as ' safest ' and ' most dangerous '" – because the rankings are " baseless and damaging.

" ince the number of degrees awarded per college are small, these rankings should be treated with caution.

This listing included Coraopolis and Moon as the rankings are based on zip code.

Human-edited directories are often targeted by SEOs on the basis that links from reputable sources will improve rankings in the major search engines.

MIT places among the top ten in many overall rankings of universities ( see right ) and rankings based on students ' revealed preferences.

He disagreed strongly with the alternative method of aggregating preferences put forth by Jean-Charles de Borda ( based on summed rankings of alternatives ).

As more students choose where to work based on the firms ' diversity rankings, firms face an increasing market pressure in order to attract top recruits.

The Higher Education Evaluation and Accreditation Council of Taiwan ( HEEACT ), an organization which evaluates universities based on their scientific paper's performances, ranked Waterloo 283rd in the world and 13th nationally in its 2011 rankings.

* Brandeis University was ranked No. 21 among the top 25 national universities in the country, according to recently released rankings by the Center for College Affordability & Productivity ( CCAP ), an independent, not-for-profit center based in Washington, D. C.

As of the Tax Foundation's rankings based on 2006 data, Hunterdon had taken the top spot for highest median property tax at $ 7, 999.

Schooldigger. com ranked the school as tied for 26th out of 376 public high schools statewide in its 2010 rankings ( unchanged from the 2009 rank ) which were based on the combined percentage of students classified as proficient or above proficient on the language arts literacy and mathematics components of the High School Proficiency Assessment ( HSPA ).

The rankings were based on five factors, including school test scores, cost of living, recreational and cultural activities, number of schools and risk of crime.

The 2010 Leiter law-school rankings put Tulane at 38th, based on student quality, using LSAT and GPA data.

The Higher Education Evaluation and Accreditation Council of Taiwan ( HEEACT ), an organization which also evaluates universities based on their scientific paper's performances, ranked Western 184th in the world and 9th nationally in its 2011 rankings.

US seasonal rankings based on average total viewers per episode of ER on NBC are tabulated below.

The rankings are based on post graduate success, student satisfaction, amount of student debt, four-year graduation rates, and competitive awards.

( The former rankings are formed based upon numerous quantifiable factors, whereas the Newsweek rankings solely examine the raw number of students enrolled in AP classes per capita.

Schooldigger. com ranked the school as one of 16 schools tied for first out of 381 public high schools statewide in its 2011 rankings ( unchanged from the 2010 ranking ) which were based on the combined percentage of students classified as proficient or above proficient on the language arts literacy ( 100. 0 %) and mathematics ( 100. 0 %) components of the High School Proficiency Assessment ( HSPA ).

The school was ranked 102nd in the nation and fifth in New Jersey on the list of " America's Best High Schools 2012 " prepared by The Daily Beast / Newsweek, with rankings based 25 % each on graduation rate, matriculation rate for college and number of Advanced Placement / International Baccalaureate courses taken per student, with 10 % based on average scores on the SAT / ACT, 10 % on AP / IB scores and an additional 5 % based on the number of AP / IB courses available to students.

Seasonal rankings ( based on average total viewers per episode ) of Unsolved Mysteries.

Each of FHM < nowiki >'</ nowiki > s international editions publish yearly rankings for the sexiest women alive based on public voting through the magazine's website.

The National Reputational Rankings, like the main university rankings, are broken into three subcategories: medical doctoral, comprehensive, and primarily undergraduate and are based on opinions of the quality of the universities.