Statement of Intent
The Snowball Metrics project partners commit to publish the methodologies for agreed and tested Snowball Metrics without applying any charges, so that any organization will be able to use the framework for their own purposes.
Future modifications to published recipes, national versions, and new agreed and tested Snowball Metrics will continue to be freely published.
“Snowball Metrics is about working on and sharing a common language so that institutions are confident that they can use all of their data to compare their performance with each other in an apples-to-apples way. It’s not trying to tell anyone which of these metrics to use to answer any particular question: which sub-set of the metrics you use, whether 1-5, or 2, 9, and 13, is up to the universities and funders. It’s just like using a recipe book to cook your dinner: I don’t need to cook the entire book to find it useful; instead I choose what I like, and perhaps what I have the ingredients in the fridge for.”