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Romney (1977) presented data from which he concluded that within student ratings of college instruction, the course that an instructor teaches is as important a determiner of resulting ratings as the instructor himself. Reanalysis of his data indicates that the course effect is actually quite small, a result that is consistent with earlier studies.
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Gillmore, G.M. How large is the course effect? A note on Romney's course effect vs. teacher effect on students' ratings of teacher competence. Res High Educ 7, 187–189 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00981755
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00981755