|
Activity Number:
|
20
|
|
Type:
|
Contributed
|
|
Date/Time:
|
Sunday, August 6, 2006 : 2:00 PM to 3:50 PM
|
|
Sponsor:
|
Social Statistics Section
|
| Abstract - #305341 |
|
Title:
|
A Comparison of in-Class and Online Student Evaluations
|
|
Author(s):
|
David Swanson*+
|
|
Companies:
|
University of Mississippi
|
|
Address:
|
, University, MS, 38677/1848,
|
|
Keywords:
|
nonrandom error ; response bias ; reliability ; validity ; university
|
|
Abstract:
|
A comparative analysis of results from simultaneous in-class and online student evaluations taught in a social science department at a large public university strongly suggests online evaluations are neither valid nor reliable because of nonrandom error resulting from high levels of nonresponse. As a result of this study, the department decided not to use online evaluations in annual reviews of its faculty until a subsequent and more detailed analysis is found to contradict this finding or average response rates for online evaluations (about 26%) achieve those for in-class evaluations (about 72%).
|
