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Activity Number: 444
Type: Contributed
Date/Time: Wednesday, August 6, 2008 : 2:00 PM to 3:50 PM
Sponsor: Section on Statistical Education
Abstract - #300438
Title: A Study on the Association Between Extraneous Variables and Student Evaluations
Author(s): Lewis Shoemaker*+
Companies: Millersville University of Pennsylvania
Address: Deptartment of Mathematics, Millersville, PA, 17551,
Keywords: student evaluations ; weighted regression ; grades
Abstract:

Student evaluations from 20490 classes over a period of 16.5 years from Spring 1990 through Spring 2006 are analyzed to study the association (if any) between certain extraneous variables and faculty evaluations. The primary methods of analyses used in the study are weighted regression and analysis of covariance. The analysis indicates a moderate relationship between overall evaluation of the instructor and other extraneous variables, including expected grade.

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