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Rating Scale Content: I. Scale Information and Supervisory Ratings 1
Author(s) -
BARRETT RICHARD S.,
TAYLOR ERWIN K.,
PARKER JAMES W.,
MARTENS LEON
Publication year - 1958
Publication title -
personnel psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 6.076
H-Index - 142
eISSN - 1744-6570
pISSN - 0031-5826
DOI - 10.1111/j.1744-6570.1958.tb00021.x
Subject(s) - rating scale , psychology , scale (ratio) , reliability (semiconductor) , trait , applied psychology , social psychology , information retrieval , computer science , developmental psychology , power (physics) , physics , quantum mechanics , programming language
Summary and Conclusions F our rating scale formats were used by the first and second line supervisors of four groups of clerical workers. The formats varied from unstructured to highly structured. The format incorporating trait titles and behavioral descriptions of scale steps demonstrated marked superiority over both more‐ and less‐structured formats. This format demonstrated higher inter‐rater reliability, less halo and less leniency than did the other formats. Variability was approximately equal for all formats.