ERIC Number: ED323226
Record Type: RIE
Publication Date: 1985
Pages: 10
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Reference Count: 0
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The Agreement and Structure of Colleague Ratings.
Llabre, Maria M.; Forgan, Harry W.
Florida Journal of Educational Research, v27 n1 p19-26 Fall 1985
The interrater reliability and factor structure of colleague ratings of university faculty were studied for 46 faculty members from 4 departments within the School of Education and Allied Professions at the University of Miami (Florida). Within each department, each faculty member rated every other faculty member using two methods: (1) a global rating on a 5-point scale ranging from "outstanding" to "unsatisfactory"; and (2) a 7-point analytic scale for the 4 areas of responsibility including teaching; advising; contributions to the department, school, and university; and contributions to the profession. Reliability indices indicated that the means were reliable when based on four raters using the analytic method. Results of the factor analysis indicate that raters were judging their colleagues on separate dimensions. Only two factors accounted for a large proportion of the variance. The first was defined in terms of contributions to the profession through research and publications. The second factor, accounting for about 20% of the variance, was teaching. Two tables present study data. (SLD)
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: N/A
Audience: N/A
Language: English
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Identifiers: University of Miami FL

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