Web-based student evaluations of professors: The relations between perceived Quality, Easiness and Sexiness

Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 91-108

  Felton, James ^a   Mitchell, John ^a   Stinson, Michael ^a  

^a CENTRAL MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 34547294346     PISSN: 02602938     EISSN: 1469297X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0260293032000158180     Document Type: Article

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