Students give themselves higher self-ratings on qualities they judge more important, averaging 14.75 points on A qualities versus 7.0 on F qualities¶

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q2 i? Fifty college students rated themselves 0 to 20 in each quality, giving themselves an average of 14.75 points on A qualities, 13.5 on B, 11.1 on E, and 7.0 on F qualities. → Knight 1921

Evidence¶

Knight 1921¶

Knight, F. B., & Franzen, R. H. (1921). Pitfalls in rating schemes. The Journal of Educational Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1037/h0073817

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Fifty college students first rated the qualities by importance from A to F, then rated themselves 0 to 20 on each quality. The article reports the graded averages and states the tendency falls in line with the rank-order correlations between importance and amount possessed.

"It is significant to find that these 50 reporters gave themselves an average of 14.75 points on A qualities 13.5 points on B qualities 11.1 points on E qualities 7.0 points on F qualities"

Discussion¶

Related Claims¶

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