Correspondence bias in performance evaluation: Why grade inflation works

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 843-852

  Moore, Don A ^a   Swift, Samuel A ^a   Sharek, Zachariah S ^a   Gino, Francesca ^b  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Attribution; Decision making; Educational psychology; Judgment and decision making; Organizational behavior

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGY; STANDARD; STUDENT; TASK PERFORMANCE;

DECISION MAKING; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MALE; PSYCHOLOGY, EDUCATIONAL; SCHOOL ADMISSION CRITERIA; STUDENTS; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77953178239     PISSN: 01461672     EISSN: 15527433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0146167210371316     Document Type: Article

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