A Note on the Biases in Students’ Evaluations of Instructors

Abstract

This article demonstrates that a significant pattern of bias is discernable in students’ evaluations of instructors. Low grades and a high level of quantitative content lead to low evaluation scores, and vise versa. Although the R² values for the regression coefficients are low (about 10 percent), the average impact of grades and quantitive orientation on instructor’s percentile rankings in material.