Item weights in employee rating scales

Abstract

"Data from three rating forms were analyzed to determine the extent of superiority of statistically determined weights to arbitrarily assigned weights. Correlations between statistically determined and arbitrarily assigned weights were so high that they can be considered to be one and the same. Split-half reliability showed no difference between statistical and arbitrary weights, correlations between two rating forms were the same for both, and inter-rater reliability showed no difference between weights… ." (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved)