Critiqued is a paper on student evaluation of instructors by David Dilts which appeared in the "Journal of Economic Education," Spring 1980. Shortcomings and problems in Dilts' work are examined, and an alternative estimation procedure, using a statistical interpretation, is proposed. (Author/RM)

Reports on a statistical study on student assessment of professors and courses. Discusses the loglinear probability model that was used to find that students' evaluations of an economics course and several behavior attributes of the course's instructor were interactive and significant. (DB)

Develops a model to explain relationships among student effort, learning, and course evaluation in college level economics courses. Specifically, the model considers student allocation of effort to various courses, curricular choices open to students, and information concerning course characteristics. (Author/DB)