‘Perfect 10’ wariness reveals gender bias in student evaluations

I have been talking about this for some time. The men nearly always score higher. They also don't have to work as hard to get and keep the attention of students. So glad someone has finally called this out because performance evaluations conducted by managers often refer to course feedback scores and this means that once again, male colleagues are scoring higher.

Switching from a ten point to a six point scale resulting in a large difference in survey results suggests that something is wrong with the way in which the survey is carried out. What happens if the scale is reduced to 4 points, or increased to 15 points, or perhaps 20 points? One has to conclude the survey (like so many similar surveys) is meaningless as it stands.