Leniency and halo effects in marking undergraduate short research projects.

BMC Med Educ · 2004 · PMC538755 · PMID 15569395

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closest p · 1.4× alpha

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failed to reach significancep = 0.07so close (0.05 < p ≤ 0.1)

While there was a numerical difference (lower) between control marks for the written report and the supervisor this failed to reach significance (t = 1.81, p = 0.07).

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highly significantno p-value reported

Results There was a highly significant difference of approximately half a grade between supervisors and second markers with supervisors marking higher.

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