The Risk of a Halo Bias as a Reason to Keep Students Anonymous During Grading

Teaching of Psychology

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 233-237

  Malouff, John M ^a   Emmerton, Ashley J ^a   Schutte, Nicola S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

grading biases; halo effect; performance appraisals

Indexed keywords

EID: 84890144900     PISSN: 00986283     EISSN: 15322802     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0098628313487425     Document Type: Review

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