Fundamentals of Human Resource Management 3rd Edition by Raymond Andrew Noe, Patrick Wright, John Hollenbeck,Barry Gerhart

Exercise 3

Consider how you might rate the performance of three instructors from whom you are currently taking a course. (If you are currently taking only one or two courses, consider this course and two you have recently completed.)
a. Would it be harder to rate the instructor's performance or to rank their performance Why
b. Write three items to use in rating the instructors - one each to rate them in terms of an attribute, a behavior, and an outcome.
c. Which measure in Part b do you think is most valid Most reliable Why
d. Many colleges use questionnaires to gather data from students about their instructors' performance. Would it be appropriate to use the data for administrative decisions Developmental decisions Other decisions Why or why not