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Showing 1 to 20 of 20 for “"Rating Process"”.
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A Thematic Analysis of Anticompetitive Behaviour in the Credit Rating Process of Structured Finance
The credit rating industry is characterised by the high concentration of a small number of firms and, allegedly, this concentration stems from certain anticompetitive behaviours made manifest by the dominant firms in the industry. Therefore, as has yet to be done in empirical research, the purpose …
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An Empirical Analysis of Rating Effectiveness for a State Quality Award
… and added to the body of knowledge for rating effectiveness of organizational assessments by defining relationships among rating effectiveness criteria (ratee, rater, rating scale, rating process) and measures (interrater reliability, halo error, leniency and severity, range restriction) …
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Computational models of trust and reputation : agents, evolutionary games, and social networks
… made in the context of commercial reputation or rating systems for online communities. Most of these systems have been constructed without a formal rating model or much regard for our sociological understanding of these concepts. We first provide a critical overview of the state of research on …
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The rating policies of corporate and school district recruiters: effect of prototypes on the judgement and retrieval of personal data sheet information of college seniors
… were weighted equally during information processing. One dimension, GPA, was heavily emphasized by the majority of recruiters, with little consideration given to work experience and extracurricular activities. Third, it was suggested that schematic organization affected the recruiters …
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COMPARISON OF SOURCE SELECTION STRATEGIES BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES’ AND TAIWAN'S SHIPBUILDING PROCUREMENT
… by comparing source selection approaches, processes, team structures, evaluation factors, contract types, and small business participation requirements between the U.S. Navy and Taiwan’s Navy. I collected data from the System for Award Management (SAM.gov) website for U.S. shipbuilding …
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Pay-for-Performance System in the Department of Defense: A Case Study of the National Security Personnel System
… actions to performance appraisals, (2) a process of ensuring ongoing feedback and dialogue, and (3) development of a plan designed to give employees training, counseling, mentoring, and other assistance (U.S. Government Accountability Office 2011).</p> <p>DOD’s struggled to accurately …
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The influence of affect on leader evaluations of subordinates: a laboratory simulation employing a process approach
… on the cognitive operations involved in a rating task, but has neglected the influence of affect. The purpose of the present study was to examine the process by which affect influences evaluations and to examine the impact of affeet on outcome variables. A categorization-based model of the …
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Collaboration in Language Testing: Investigating the Validity of a New Rating Procedure for EFL Writing Assessment in Korea
… the psychometric reliability of self- and peer-ratings in a second language (L2) essay-writing test in Korea, (2) to explore students' rating process, and (3) to understand student's perception of rating tasks. The rationale of this research is that the Korean EFL students whose major is English …
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The Relationship Between Rating Strategy and Accuracy of Performance Rating
<p>Given the recent theoretical emphasis on the process of performance rating (e.g., Landy & Farr, 1980), a test of the suggestion that better raters may use different rating processes than poorer raters was implemented. Specifically, this study was designed to determine if more accurate raters use …
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An evaluation of the prime vendor support approach to U.S. Army weapon system sustainment
… the DOD relinquish the weapon system support processes to the prime vendor. The research reported in this thesis presents a comparative evaluation of the support processes associated with two weapon systems., one currently in the process of implementing PVS the other still supported by the …
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Wherry Revisited: An Empirical Examination of the Nonperformance Factors that Influence Variation in a Performance Rating
In a perfect performance rating system, both the recall and rating of an individual's behavior would precisely mirror the performance of that ratee. However, the reality of performance rating systems is that often times the rater's recall and subsequent rating fails to reflect the true performance …
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Scale Construction and Halo Effect in Secondary Student Ratings of Teacher Performance
The use of rating scales in the evaluation of secondary teacher performance has been called into question and widely criticized. Of particular concern has been the use of student ratings of teacher performance. A review of instruments and practices used in the rating process reveals serious design …
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An evaluation of visual and verbal based standards for landscape assessment
… (visual standards) will produce more consistent ratings than using verbal standards. The purpose of this thesis is to examine the use of visual standards as a predictive tool to improve landscape assessment. This study involved the development of visual standards and a comparative survey study. …
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Teacher Rating of Class Essays Written by Students of English as a Second Language: A Qualitative Study of Criteria and Process
… aspect of the study of L2 English writing: the processes which teachers engage in when rating essays written by their own students for class practice, not exams, with no imposed rating/assessment scheme. It draws on writing assessment process research literature, although, apart from Huot (1993) …
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Modeling and forecasting international credit risk : the case of sovereign loans
… econometric or statistical approaches and credit rating systems in risk management has intensified the need for more rigorous analysis of their finite sample properties. A better understanding of the available tools has implications for credit risk management, regulation and policy …
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Comparative Study of LRFR and LFR Methods of Rating for Missouri Prestressed Bridges
Bridge load rating is a crucial aspect of bridge evaluation and management, providing essential information regarding a bridge's capacity to safely accommodate traffic loads. For public safety, it is a crucial process for both new and existing bridges by establishing the weight restriction on heavy …
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Essays on Structured Finance and Housing Markets
… securities, and to a precipitous fall in their ratings. This thesis studies the downgrading of mortgaged-backed Collateralized Debt Obligation (CDO), and the factors that drive mortgage default loans. In Chapter 1, I look at the CDO market. The downgrading of the tranches of Collateralized Debt …
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A meta-analytic framework for understanding how leader-subordinate age differences impact leadership effectiveness ratings: A novel approach to relational demography
… age differences affect subordinates' ratings of their leaders' effectiveness. In this regard, there are generally two classes of theories that explain how leader-subordinate age differences affect such performance ratings - directional theories, and non-directional theories. Both …
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Accounting for carbon impacts in buildings: a rating procedure
… impact of dwellings over their lifespan. The LCA process is also too complicated to quantify GHG at the concept design stage. Current tools consistently underestimate the GHG of dwellings at an early design stage. Academic studies vary significantly making it difficult for direct comparisons to be …
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Issues and challenges in current generalizability theory applications in rated measurement
… reflects unexpected fluctuations in the rating process. Given that the utility of any rated measurement is contingent upon its reliability, analytical tools for disentangling variability in the objects of measurement from variations associated with measurement facets and associated with …