A university that is publicly funded is located in a state that is experiencing serious budget shortfall, and the budget has been halved. The university's 32 departments are asked to list each of their programs on an index card, resulting in 90 cards. A panel comprised of the president, provost, and five deans each independently arranges the cards into categories of 3 essential, 7 highly desirable, 15 very desirable, 40 mainstream, 15 expendable, 7 immediately expendable, and 3 targeted elimination. This is an example of which methodology?

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The described methodology is an example of the Q-sort method, which involves sorting items into categories based on their perceived importance or relevance, often used for subjective assessments of items, such as programs in this case.

A University That Is Publicly Funded Is Located in a State