The influence of student sex and instructor sex on student ratings of instructors: Results from a college of communication

Women's Studies in Communication

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 64-77

  Smith, Sandi W ^a   Yoo, Jina H ^b   Farr, A Celeste ^c   Salmon, Charles T ^a   Miller, Vernon D ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

^c NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Sex differences; Teaching evaluations

Indexed keywords

EID: 84931830909     PISSN: 07491409     EISSN: 2152999X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07491409.2007.10162505     Document Type: Article

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