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Other students tended to dompare Professor Young to other instructors that they had that semester. One student who was planning on taking another course from her in the spring said that if she somehow figured out or knew that the student had given her a high evaluation, she would be more lenient in grading that student's performance next semester. Finally, in analyzing the demographic data provided by the students, Professor Young found out that the white females were giving her higher ratings than students with other demographic compositions in the class. Professor Young had certainly learned quite a bit in analyzing her performan$$e evaluations. She decided that next semester she would discuss rating errors with her class before having them evaluate her own instruction.

Students who used the difficulty of exams as a basis for rating all other aspects of Professor Young's performance were probably influenced by