The cooperation was legal and the statistics used to compile the tables were publicly available.
If you want to know more about the methodology used to compile the tables, read the full explanation from Intelligent Metrix.
Finally, these scores of impossibilities are used to compile the tables and diagrams outputted by Impossible (see Additional file 1).
In compiling the table of promising minifunds, we followed the Best Buy logic of balancing performance and risk against cost of ownership.
Sir Tim, whose World Wide Web Foundation compiled the table, added that the country has "a long way to go" before it has a fully open government.
On the other hand, the latter has advantages in compiling the table, because of the simplification in applying the common interregional trade coefficient for each sector in each region.
We would like to thank Megan Ryan, Research Assistant, CLARHC Child and Adolescent Theme, for her help compiling the table and Elaine Petch, Head of Children's Social Care, Cambridgeshire County Council, for her advice on investigating the mental well-being of looked after children.
· Lee Elliot Major compiled the tables.
Those compiling the tables judged universities on, among other things, their research income and reputation; the number of international students, staff and overseas collaborations; links with industry; the number of their citations; and the quality of their teaching.
Matt Hiely-Rayner, director of Intelligent Metrix, which compiles the tables for the Guardian, says: "Surrey has achieved considerable improvements across all measures to propel itself into the top 10, except for the career prospects of its graduates.
AHMK wrote the data extraction sheet, compiled the tables and performed the data extraction and data analysis.
