Grading leniency is a removable contaminant of student ratings

被引：256

作者：

Greenwald, AG

Gillmore, GM

机构：

[1] Department of Psychology, University of Washington

[2] Department of Psychology, University of Washington, Box 351525, Seattle

来源：

AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGIST | 1997年 / 52卷 / 11期

关键词：

INSTRUCTION; GRADES;

D O I：

10.1037/0003-066X.52.11.1209

中图分类号：

B84 [心理学];

学科分类号：

04 ; 0402 ;

摘要：

It is well established that students' evaluative ratings of instruction correlate positively with expected course grades. The authors identify 4 additional data patterns that, collectively, discriminate among 5 theories of the grades-ratings correlation. The presence of all 4 of these markers in student ratings data (obtained at University of Washington) was most consistent with the theory that the grades-ratings correlation is due to an unwanted influence of instructors' grading leniency on ratings. This conclusion justifies use of a statistical correction-illustrated here with actual ratings data-to remove the unwanted inflation of ratings produced by lenient grading. Additional research can profitably seek other inappropriate influences on ratings to identify more opportunities for validity-enhancing adjustments.

引用

页码：1209 / 1217

页数：9

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