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A TEST OF THE ASSUMED SUPERIORITY OF THE EXPERT RATER
Abstract
The ratings of expert raters have been used as benchmark or true-score criteria in previous research regarding the performance appraisal process. Such experts typically have a large amount of training and/or experience with regard to performance appraisal, and their ratings are assumed to be superior to ratings produced by less experienced raters. The superiority of expert raters has not been experimentally tested within the industrial psychology literature, although experienced and highly trained clinical psychologists have not demonstrated clear superiority in observation and judgmental skills within the clinical literature. Previous research on expert raters has confounded expertise of the raters with the amount of exposure to rating stimuli such as videotapes and rating scales. The present study investigated the effects of expertise and review of rating materials in a factorial design. As hypothesized, rater expertise was less important than was level of exposure to rating stimuli. Results are discussed in terms of the implications of these findings on previous as well as on future research utilizing expert raters.
Subject Area
Occupational psychology
Recommended Citation
HOFFMAN, CALVIN C, "A TEST OF THE ASSUMED SUPERIORITY OF THE EXPERT RATER" (1984). ETD collection for University of Nebraska-Lincoln. AAI8428214.
https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/dissertations/AAI8428214