Evaluating professors and types of variables Weinberg Fleish

Evaluating professors and types of variables: Weinberg, Fleisher, and Hashimoto (2007) studied almost 50,000 students\' evaluations of their professors in almost 400 economics courses at The Ohio State University over a 10-year period.

One finding was that students\' ratings of their professors were not predictive of grades for other, related future classes. (The researchers stated that these first two findings suggest that student ratings of professors are tied to their current grades but not to learning—which would affect future grades.) What is/are the independent variable(s) and, where appropriate, their levels?

Professor\'s seniority; levels: associate, assistant, or full professor

Student ratings of the professors

Students\' grades

Student\'s gender; levels: male and female

Solution

c students grade