<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0.5in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; color: black; font-size: 10pt;">The examination of Student Evaluation Instruments (SEI) has generated a considerable literature. Interestingly, this extensive literature provides no clear guidance on how to interpret SEI results in order to make comparative evaluations of instructors&rsquo; performances. The research presented in this paper draws upon six semesters worth of SEI responses for all courses in our school of business &ndash; a database of nearly 30,000 responses. The paper examines how core measures of teaching effectiveness &ndash; student evaluation of instructor&rsquo;s teaching ability and willingness to recommend the instructor &ndash; are affected by several factors. These factors include:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>the department from which the course was offered; whether the course was required by the core, the department or was an elective; the status of the student and the anticipated grade. Statistical analyses are conducted to examine and determine the impact of these factors and their interactions. The goal is to develop a system that can more accurately gauge instructors&rsquo; performances as measured by the student evaluation instrument.</span></p>

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One method used extensively to aid in determining instruction effectiveness is Student Evaluations of Instruction (SEI

For colleges and universities, the expectation for excellence in teaching and

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