Effect of Rater Training and Scale Type on Leniency and Halo Error in Student Ratings of Faculty
Description:
The purpose of this study was to determine if leniency and halo error in student ratings could be reduced by training the student raters and by using a Behaviorally Anchored Rating Scale (BARS) rather than a Likert scale. Two hypotheses were proposed. First, the ratings collected from the trained raters would contain less halo and leniency error than those collected from the untrained raters. Second, within the group of trained raters the BARS would contain less halo and leniency error than the…
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Date:
May 1987
Creator:
Cook, Stuart S. (Stuart Sheldon)
Partner:
UNT Libraries