Tag Archives: Personnel evaluation

The Friday Funny: Acceptance of evaluative conclusions

Posted on March 30, 2012 by Patricia Rogers & Jane Davidson

It was Michael Scriven‘s birthday this week, which is a fine time to introduce our Friday Funny with a short quote from the Evaluation Thesaurus, which lists the following entry. As evaluators, we are all familiar with this phenomenon in … Continue reading →

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The Friday Funny: The salary review survey

Posted on February 26, 2011 by Patricia Rogers & Jane Davidson

We’ve had a few posts over the past couple of weeks on survey items. And, of course, one criterion for good surveys is that they allow participants to express what they really believe! Well, here’s a little gem, for your … Continue reading →

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Oxford admissions essay: “simple, yet devilish” … An evaluation aptitude test?

Posted on June 8, 2010 by Jane Davidson

Many thanks to Michael Quinn Patton for sending us through this gem (from the New York Times) about a rather interesting essay exam for selecting graduate students into All Souls College in Oxford, England. Continue reading →

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