Do more online instructional ratings lead to better prediction of instructor quality?

Practical Assessment, Research and Evaluation

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 1-6

  Sanders, Shane ^a   Walia, Bhavneet ^a   Potter, Joel ^b   Linna, Kenneth W ^c  

^a WESTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH GEORGIA   (United States)

^c AUBURN UNIVERSITY AT MONTGOMERY   (United States)

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