ND An Investigation of the Facts Behind Columbia's U.S. News Ranking (www.math.columbia.edu)
266 points by jxding 1466 days ago | 46 comments on HN ~lite vlite-2.0
Summary ~lite
Investigation into Columbia University's U.S. News ranking data accuracy.
Lite evaluation by llama-4-scout-wai-psq · editorial channel only · no per-section breakdown available
Longitudinal · 4 evals
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Audit Trail 11 entries
2026-03-05 16:07 eval_success PSQ evaluated: g-PSQ=0.440 (3 dims) - -
2026-03-05 16:07 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai-psq: +0.44 (Moderate positive)
2026-03-05 16:02 eval_success PSQ evaluated: g-PSQ=0.290 (3 dims) - -
2026-03-05 16:02 eval Evaluated by llama-3.3-70b-wai-psq: +0.29 (Mild positive)
2026-02-28 11:02 model_divergence Cross-model spread 0.40 exceeds threshold (2 models) - -
2026-02-28 11:02 eval_success Lite evaluated: Neutral (0.00) - -
2026-02-28 11:02 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai: 0.00 (Neutral)
reasoning
Editorial investigating Columbia's ranking, no rights stance
2026-02-28 11:02 rater_validation_warn Lite validation warnings for model llama-4-scout-wai: 0W 1R - -
2026-02-28 10:58 eval_success Lite evaluated: Moderate positive (0.40) - -
2026-02-28 10:58 eval Evaluated by llama-3.3-70b-wai: +0.40 (Moderate positive)
reasoning
Investigative journalism on ranking manipulation
2026-02-28 10:58 rater_validation_warn Lite validation warnings for model llama-3.3-70b-wai: 0W 1R - -