“…Over the past 20 years, in colleges and universities, student ratings of instructor effectiveness have become widely researched (Aubrecht, 1979;Braunstein et al, 1973;Distler, 1989;Drews, Burroughs, and Nokovich, 1987;Marsh, 1987aMarsh, , 1987bMenges, 1988;Murray, Newby, Bowden, Crealock, Gaily, Oswin, and Smith, 1982;Murray, 1987;Shepherd, 1989;Stevens and Alearaoni, 1985;Tiberius, Sakin, Slingerland, Jubas, Bell, and Matlow, 1989;Tiberius, Sakin, and Cappe, 1987;Tollefson, Chen, and Kleinsasser, 1989;Tracey, 1985;Wulff, 1985). According to Murray (1987), nearly all post-secondary institutions now have some sort of plan for student evaluation of teaching, with the results of evaluation used as diagnostic feedback to instructors and/or as evidence in decisions on faculty retention, tenure, and promotion.…”