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Structural Equation Models and Student Evaluation of Teaching: A PLS Path Modeling Study

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Statistical Methods for the Evaluation of University Systems

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In Italian universities, teaching evaluation is in part based on students judgments concerning aspects related to courses and considered of preeminent interest for university management. A questionnaire is generally used to collect such data. The students judgments are expressed as a score on an ordinal scale.

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  1. Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche, Università degli Studi di Cassino, 03043, Cassino, Italy

    Simona Balzano

  2. Dipartimento di Studi sullo Sviluppo Economico, Università di Macerata, Macerata, Italy

    Laura Trinchera

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  1. Dipto. Scienze Statistiche e Matematiche, Università di Palermo, Viale delle Scienze, Palermo, 90128, Italy

    Massimo Attanasio

  2. Dipto. Scienze Statistiche e Matematiche, Università di Palermo, Viale delle Scienze, Palermo, 90128, Italy

    Vincenza Capursi

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Balzano, S., Trinchera, L. (2011). Structural Equation Models and Student Evaluation of Teaching: A PLS Path Modeling Study. In: Attanasio, M., Capursi, V. (eds) Statistical Methods for the Evaluation of University Systems. Contributions to Statistics. Physica-Verlag HD. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7908-2375-2_4

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