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Showing 1 to 6 of 6 for “"Rater error"”.
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The effects of frame-of-reference and rater error training on the accuracy of performance appraisals: utilizing an aptitude-treatment approach
… the accuracy of performance appraisals more than rater error training (e.g. Hedge & Kavanaugh, 1988). Frame-of-reference training facilitates the learning of accurate performance standards (e.g. Athey & McIntyre, 1987), while rater error training results in the introduction of biased response sets …
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Improving the Accuracy of Performance Evaluations: A Comparison of Three Methods of Performance Appraiser Training
<p>Researchers in the area of rater training have relied almost exclusively on rater error measures to assess training effectiveness. A reduction in rater tendency to commit these errors subsequent to training is viewed as evidence that these raters have become more accurate in rating their …
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Personality and Rater Leniency: Comparison of Broad and Narrow Measures of Conscientiousness and Agreeableness
… to organizations and employees. Leniency, one rater error, is a tendency to assign higher ratings in appraisal than is warranted by actual performance. The proposed study examined how personality factors Agreeableness and Conscientiousness relate to rater leniency. The ability of narrower …
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Transformational leadership amongst S.A. human resources specialists, and the effect thereof on subordinate performance and perceptions of the leader
… obtained (n = 330) in order to overcome single-rater error and enhance rater accuracy. Self-rating and rater forms of Bass and Avolio's (1990b) MLQ (Form 5) were used to collect leadership data. The results of principal components factor analyses partially supported the factor structure …
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Extended many-facet Rasch models: Accounting for rater effects in automated essay scoring systems
… to identifying and accounting for systemic error by human raters which can lead to the training of AES systems on biased training labels, resulting in bias in the trained AES system. Previous research has developed many-facet Rasch models (MFRMs) that can model and account for rater …
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A Monte Carlo Approach for Exploring the Generalizability of Performance Standards
… of items rated and the number of individual rater decisions. The ability to generalize performance standards has profound implications both from a psychometric as well as a practicality standpoint. This study was conducted to evaluate the extent to which minimal competency estimates derived …