<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0.5in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; color: black; font-size: 10pt;">The purpose of this study was to evaluate students&rsquo; perceptions of faculty credibility based on email addresses.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>The survey was conducted at an upper division business school in Michigan where all students have completed at least two years of college courses.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp;</span>The survey results show that a faculty member&rsquo;s selection of an email address does influence the student&rsquo;s perception of faculty credibility.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>An email address that consists of a nickname reduces the student&rsquo;s perception of faculty credibility.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>The reduced creditability may have a negative impact on the faculty member as well as the college.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span></span></p>

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of group testing as a pedagogical technique to enhance learning in a difficult subject such as statistics. Individual test scores were compared to their group test scores for the same, identical test. A t test was used to compare the scores for 157 randomly selected MBA students enrolled in a graduate level quantitative research methods course. Results of the t test were significant (t= -14.807, p= .000) illustrating that individual scores were significantly lower than the group scores.

The purpose of this study was to evaluate faculty perceptions of student credibility based on email addresses. The survey was conducted at an upper division business school in Michigan where all students have completed at least two years of college courses. The survey results show that a students selection of an email address does influence the facultys perception of their credibility. An email address that consists of a nickname reduces the facultys perception of student credibility as well as the domain name of the email service used by the student The reduced credibility may have a negative impact on the faculty members perception of the student.

The purpose of this study was to evaluate students perceptions of their peers credibility based on email addresses. The survey was conducted at a community college in Michigan where all students were registered and actively taking at least one course. The survey results show that a students selection of an email address does influence other students perception of their credibility. An email address that consists of a nickname reduces the students perception of peer credibility.