Use a fold-and-tear carbon duplicate form so judges sort name slips into rank order and then transcribe ranks onto the original list¶

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Evidence · 3 claims (3 for) · 1 study (1 design), q1 · 0 of 1 report an effect size · 3 claims rest on one study

Description¶

The article prescribes an implementable rating procedure: fold the sheet on the center perforation, insert carbon paper, enter names on the left; the judge tears off the duplicate slips and arranges them "by first arranging them into groups, each group to be later classified within itself." The judge may "re-arrange the names as often as he wishes, without erasing," then writes rank numbers opposite each name on the original alphabetical list. The original list is mailed or taken to its destination while slips are rearranged for other traits or discarded.

Design Implications¶

Context¶

Requirements¶

• The printed form with perforation lines, slit between slips, and a carbon paper inserted when entering names

Constraints¶

Target Learners¶

• judges such as supervisors, foremen, inspectors and teachers conducting mutual-rating exercises

Target Learning Goals¶

• accurate ranking of individuals on a trait by order of merit

Claims¶

• The card list elicits ranking from judges unwilling to write names in order of merit [+W]
• Card-slip ranking produces more careful order-of-merit ratings than writing rank numbers beside names on a list [+W]
• Card-slip ranking yields a wider spread of ranks than list-based ranking typically produces [+W]

Related Strategies¶

• Deploy the card list form in rating situations where order-of-merit ranking is the only applicable method

Examples¶

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Key Sources¶

• Stenquist, J. L. (1918). An Improved Form for Rating by the Order of Merit Method. The Journal of Educational Psychology. https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=An+Improved+Form+for+Rating+by+the+Order+of+Merit+Method