A Psychometric Comparison Between Inhouse Versus Externally Developed Retranslation Scales

• Main Author: Peak, David
• Format: Others
• Published: TopSCHOLAR® 1977
• Subjects: Western Kentucky University; Education; Educational Administration and Supervision; Higher Education Administration; Psychology; School Psychology; Social and Behavioral Sciences
• Online Access: http://digitalcommons.wku.edu/theses/1818; http://digitalcommons.wku.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2826&context=theses

Using a Behavioral Expectation Scale (BES) format borrowed from the psychology department at the University of California – Berkeley and a BES form developed in and for a Southeastern university psychology department, students’ evaluations of their professors’ teaching performance were examined for interrater reliability, leniency error, variability and discriminability. Results indicate that neither form was psychometrically sound at the Southeastern university. Problems in obtaining sound ratings for the BES form were discussed.