Web-Based Student Evaluations of Professors: The Relations Between Perceived Quality, Easiness, and Sexiness

Does ratemyprofessor.com really rate my professor?

“…Perceived 'hotness' may be a measure of a type of universal appeal, and has been shown to affect overall ratings (Felton et al 2004).…”

“…Felton et al (2004) analyzed overall professor quality ratings as a function of easiness and sexiness ratings. Their findings were that ratemyprofessor.com ratings did not reflect student learning, but were characterized by a halo effect (Feeley 2002).…”

“…Their findings were that ratemyprofessor.com ratings did not reflect student learning, but were characterized by a halo effect (Feeley 2002). Felton et al (2004) found that faculty characteristics such as easiness and sexiness (beauty and attractiveness), as perceived by students, tended to be associated with overall positive ratings. Otto et al (2005) investigated the interrelationships between online rating variables and described a number of issues related to bias, availability of ratings and purpose of ratings.…”

On the Development and Application of a Framework for Understanding the Properties and Information Quality of Online Reputation Systems

“…They can also optionally evaluate the physical appearance of the professor with a survey item that is labeled 'hotness' (Felton, Mitchell, & Stinson, 2004). The options for responding to the 'hotness' survey item are 'Yeah' and 'Um, No.'…”

The rewards for publishing in accounting in the USA

“…The one source of publicly available teaching ratings is RateMyProfessors.com (for a discussion/critique of the RateMyProfessor.com quality ratings see Felton et al, 2004 and2008). Because that site relies on voluntary submissions it does not contain information on a large percentage of our sample faculty.…”