Fig. 4. (A ) Top- and bottom-ranked faculty members better preserve their rank ordering; middle-ranked faculty members do not retain their rank order. Each symbol represents a single faculty member who was ranked in both period 1 and periods 8–11. Top 12 and bottom 12 faculty members are shown by black symbols . The middle 26 faculty members are shown by gray symbols . (B ) Ranks are better preserved for the top and bottom faculty members. Ranks were compared between period 1 and periods 8–11. Kendall τ for the rank ordering of faculty members at the extremes of the ranks (black symbol , top 12 and bottom 12 ranks) was 0.51 (P < 1 × 10−7). Kendall τ for the rank ordering of faculty members in the middle relative ranks (gray symbol, middle 26 ranks) was −0.064 (P = 0.34). The error bars are the 95% confidence intervals.
