Estimating the impact of relative expected grade on student evaluations of teachers

Economics of Education Review

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 141-154

  Ewing, Andrew M ^a  

^a ECKERD COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Grades; Student evaluations of teachers

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE; ESTIMATION METHOD; HETEROGENEITY; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; STUDENT; TEACHING; UNIVERSITY SECTOR;

EID: 84855357594     PISSN: 02727757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.econedurev.2011.10.002     Document Type: Article

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