An empirical study to measure the relative efficiencies of training organizations using data envelopment analysis


Ahmad Ahmadkhania and Masoud Babakhani


This paper presents an empirical study on measuring relative efficiencies of test drive educational organizations using data envelopment analysis. The study uses a Delphi method to determine the most important input/output factors and then gathers the actual data for all units located in an Iranian province called Zanjan. The results of the implementation of the DEA method are compared for different periods of the recent year and they are analyzed. We perform the DEA implementation for two separate regions, one for the units located inside the city and the other for the units located in the rural area. The output results of both methods are compared and the results are discussed in details.


DOI: j.msl.2010.02.004

Keywords: DEA ,Data Envelopment Analysis ,Efficiency ,Driving test ,Performance measurement

How to cite this paper:

Ahmadkhania, A & Babakhani, M. (2011). An empirical study to measure the relative efficiencies of training organizations using data envelopment analysis.Management Science Letters, 1(2), 195-202.


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