Which grades are better, A’s and C’s, or all B’s? Effects of variability in grades on mock college admissions decisions

Students may need to decide whether to invest limited resources evenly across all courses and thus end with moderate grades in all, or focus on some of the courses and thus end with variable grades. This study examined which pattern of grades is perceived more favorably. When judging competency, peo...

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Main Authors: Woo-kyoung Ahn, Sunnie S. Y. Kim, Kristen Kim, Peter K. McNally
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Society for Judgment and Decision Making 2019-11-01
Series:Judgment and Decision Making
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Online Access:http://journal.sjdm.org/19/190705a/jdm190705a.pdf