Influence of training, method, and relationship of the halo effect

Abstract

120 STUDENT NURSES EACH RATED 6 PEERS ON 10-POINT SCALES FOR 6 SETS OF TRAITS. THE VARIANCE OF A JUDGE'S RATINGS FOR EACH OBJECT WAS FOUND, AND THE VARIANCE SCORES OF THE 6 OBJECTS FOR EACH JUDGE SUMMED, MEASURING THE HALO EFFECT BY THIS DISPERSION SCORE. TRAINED JUDGES EXHIBITED LESS HALO THAN UNTRAINED, BUT RATINGS MADE BY RATING 1 S ON 6 TRAITS AT A TIME YIELDED THE SAME AMOUNT OF HALO AS DID THOSE MADE BY RATING ALL SS ON 1 TRAIT AT A TIME. THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE JUDGE AND THE OBJECT WAS A SIGNIFICANT VARIABLE FOR THE UNTRAINED JUDGES. HERE THE RATINGS FOR THE LESS INTENSE RELATIONSHIP EXHIBITED SIGNIFICANTLY MORE HALO THAN THE RATINGS FOR THE INTENSE RELATIONSHIP. TRAINING OF THE JUDGES IMPROVED ALL RATINGS UNTIL THE JUDGE-OBJECT RELATIONSHIP WAS INSIGNIFICANT. (18 REF.) (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved)