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A Bootstrap Experiment on the Statistical Properties of Students' Ratings of Teaching Effectiveness.
Peer reviewedChau, Chak-Tong – Research in Higher Education, 1997
A study tested a resampling methodology (bootstrap simulation) by examining the effects of class size and student motivation on students' ratings of teaching effectiveness. Results suggest that evaluations based on student ratings should look at more than class averages, and that class size and student motivation affect overall ratings. Examples…
Descriptors: Class Size, College Instruction, Higher Education, Institutional Research
Download full textRasor, Richard E.; Barr, James – 1998
This paper provides an overview of common sampling methods (both the good and the bad) likely to be used in community college self-evaluations and presents the results from several simulated trials. The report begins by reviewing various survey techniques, discussing the negative and positive aspects of each method. The increased accuracy and…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Comparative Analysis, Cost Effectiveness, Data Collection
