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Attractiveness, Easiness, and Other Issues: Student Evaluations of Professors on RateMyProfessors.com

James Felton
Central Michigan University - Department of Finance and Law

Peter T. Koper
Central Michigan University - Department of English Language & Literature

John B. Mitchell
Central Michigan University - Department of Finance and Law

Michael Stinson
Central Michigan University - Department of Computer Science


July 2006


Abstract:     
Felton, Mitchell and Stinson (2004) reported that web-based student evaluations of teaching (SET) demonstrated a student preference for course easiness and instructor sexiness. This study explores these same relationships with a larger and improved database. Results indicate even stronger relationships than previously reported. In addition, this study demonstrates significant cultural differences by institution and discipline in the relationships between quality, easiness, and hotness in web-based SET.

Keywords: teaching, evaluation, student opinion, grade inflation

JEL Classifications: I21, J44, M51

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Date posted: July 24, 2006 ; Last revised: May 01, 2009

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Felton, James, Koper, Peter T., Mitchell, John B. and Stinson, Michael, Attractiveness, Easiness, and Other Issues: Student Evaluations of Professors on RateMyProfessors.com (July 2006). Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=918283


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James Felton (Contact Author)
Central Michigan University - Department of Finance and Law ( email )
332 Sloan Hall
Mount Pleasant, MI 48859
989-774-3269 (Phone)
989-774-6456 (Fax)
Peter T. Koper
Central Michigan University - Department of English Language & Literature ( email )
Mt. Pleasant, MI 48858
United States
John B. Mitchell
Central Michigan University - Department of Finance and Law ( email )
328 Sloan Hall
Mount Pleasant, MI 48859
989-774-3651 (Phone)
Michael Stinson
Central Michigan University - Department of Computer Science ( email )
411 Pearce Hall
Mt. Pleasant, MI 48859
United States
989-774-3511 (Phone)
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