Looking for Bias in All the Wrong Places: A Search for Truth or a Witch Hunt in Student Ratings of Instruction?

  1. Michael Theall1,
  2. Jennifer Franklin2

Article first published online: 28 JAN 2002

DOI: 10.1002/ir.3

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New Directions for Institutional Research

New Directions for Institutional Research

Special Issue: The Student Ratings Debate: Are They Valid? How Can We Best Use Them?

Volume 2001, Issue 109, pages 45–56, Spring 2001

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Theall, M. and Franklin, J. (2001), Looking for Bias in All the Wrong Places: A Search for Truth or a Witch Hunt in Student Ratings of Instruction?. New Directions for Institutional Research, 2001: 45–56. doi: 10.1002/ir.3

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  1. 1

    Michael Theall is associate professor of educational administration and director of the Center for Teaching and Learning at the University of Illinois at Springfield.

  2. 2

    Jennifer Franklin is director of the Center for Teaching and Learning at California State University, Dominguez Hills.

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  1. Issue published online: 28 JAN 2002
  2. Article first published online: 28 JAN 2002

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Abstract

Through a half-century of research on student ratings, the constant quest has been to prove or disprove the existence of biasing factors. What have we learned, and what has happened as a result? This chapter examines some of these supposed biases and presents some guidelines for improving practice.

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