Grading leniency is a removable contaminant of student ratings

American Psychologist

Volumn 52, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 1209-1217

  Greenwald, Anthony G ^a   Gillmore, Gerald M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONSUMER; HUMAN; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARD; STUDENT; TEACHING;

CONSUMER SATISFACTION; EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE APPRAISAL; HUMANS; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STUDENTS; TEACHING;

EID: 0031267172     PISSN: 0003066X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0003-066X.52.11.1209     Document Type: Article

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