Juniors judge their fellow students as falling short of the ideal order of interests, with a negative correlation between the objective and ideal orders¶

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q2 i? The correlation between the objectively pooled order of interests and the ideal order was −0.64, indicating juniors think their fellow-juniors are not what they believe they should be. → 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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In the same 110-junior rating study, the pooled objective order of interests (typical junior as seen by classmates) was correlated with the pooled ideal order. The article reports a correlation of "—0.64" and interprets it as peers being judged below the ideal.

"The correlation between this order of interests and the "ideal one" was —0.64. There is, then, a tendency for the junior to think his fellow-juniors are not what he believes they should be."

Discussion¶

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