On the Validity of RateMyProfessors.com

Journal of Education for Business

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 55-61

  Timmerman, Thomas ^a  

^a TENNESSEE TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

RateMyProfessors.com; student evaluation of teaching; validity

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956592140     PISSN: 08832323     EISSN: 19403356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3200/JOEB.84.1.55-61     Document Type: Article

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