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Grading Bias in the Grading of Writing Assignments in the Principles of Macroeconomics: An Exploratory Study
No full textThis case study explores potential grading bias when grading writing assignments. Given seven grading criteria, the mean difference between the scoring of two graders is statistically significant for three criterions: identification of concepts, organization, and writing style and mechanics. The differences in identification of concepts may be due to asymmetric information available to the graders while the differences in the other two presentation type criteria are likely due to the graders’ subjective preferences. Differences in these three criterions account for over 81 percent of the differences in the writing assignments’ overall scores when all criterions are weighted equally
The Effect of Instructional Technologies on the Finance Classroom
No full textUsing a survey technique, we evaluate the effect of PowerPoint, online lecture notes, financial calculators, and machine readable forms (MRF) on students’ assessment of the quality of instruction, perceived knowledge level, satisfaction, post-course interest in the subject, and average grade in introductory Finance courses. We also examine these opinions on a relative basis by comparing the responses of Finance majors versus non-Finance majors. The results suggest that certain technologies are received better than others and, further, that the perceived quality of instructional techniques is largely contingent on the student’s choice of major
Lonely Heroes: A Collection of Fantasy Short Stories
No full textLonely Heroes is a creative thesis focused on relationships, both romantic and platonic. This collection features elaborate magic systems, unusual creatures, and even whimsical worldbuilding with a twist. The transition from being a lonely character to traveling in the company of others brings each of these five stories to life. Following the collection is a critical essay reflecting on the inspirations and inspirations that helped shape the comprehensive writing process
Additional Thoughts on the Determination of Interest Rates in General and Partial Equilibrium
No full textBill Yang and Mark Yanochik, hereafter Y&Y, raise two main concerns in their comment [Yang and Yanochik, 2005] on our paper [Fields & Hart, 2003 (a)]. The first is that our use of the long-run Classical model to analyze the liquidity preference (LP) and loanable funds (LF) approaches to interest rate determination is questionable because we “inconsistently” take the price level as given. The second is that we have failed to answer the primary question that Y&Y allege we raise in our paper. Specifically, the allegation is that we did not answer the question of which approach, LP or LF, should be used to determine the interest rate. We consider each of these points in turn
An investigation of named professorships of economics in the United States
No full textThis paper examines distinguished professorships in the academic field of economics in the US from the 1995-1996 and 2001-2002 academic years using data from the Prentice Hall Guide to Economics Faculty compiled by James Hasselback. Over the six year period, the number of named professorships in economics increased from 369 to 402. Our findings suggest that the typical named professor in economics is most likely to be a male, full professor, with teaching and research interests in microeconomics or macroeconomics, and is employed by a private institution. In addition, the evidence shows that in 2001-2002 just 12 schools had over 33% of all named professors in economics and that just 12 schools had graduated 49% of all named professors of that year. The evidence also suggests that graduates of US public universities are less likely to occupy named professorships of economics at private universities with a Carnegie classification of 1 than the graduates of private universities