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The Friday Funny: Acceptance of evaluative conclusions
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
The Friday Funny: The salary review survey
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
Oxford admissions essay: “simple, yet devilish” … An evaluation aptitude test?
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
Posted in Education, Personnel evaluation
Tagged Personnel evaluation, predictive validity, student assessment, UK
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