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Activity Number: 158
Type: Roundtables
Date/Time: Monday, August 4, 2008 : 12:30 PM to 1:50 PM
Sponsor: Section on Statistical Education
Abstract - #300651
Title: Improving Utility and Fairness of Course Evaluations
Author(s): Monnie McGee*+
Companies: Southern Methodist University
Address: SMU P.O. Box 750332, Dallas, TX, 75275-0332,
Keywords: Course Evaluation ; Teaching ; Data Analysis
Abstract:

Every professor is subjected to student evaluations, and every professor knows students are not really qualified to judge teaching. Students know what they like and don't like, and what affects their grades, but they do not know the difficulties of teaching a course. Furthermore, there have been many articles that suggest variables such as class size, time of day, and even the professor's gender---none of which are under the professor's control---affect the results of evaluations. Can we do something intelligent to make sure these evaluations are fair and used fairly?

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