Animadversion error in student evaluations of faculty teaching effectiveness.

Compared the midterm grades of each of 86 business students to the grade the student gave the professor on his teaching effectiveness. A 1-way analysis of variance showed better than chance correspondence (h2 = .23). This tendency was entitled the animadversion error, and its importance in subordinate-supervisor ratings is discussed. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)