The effect of certain rater roles on confidence in physician's assistant ratings.
Previous research on the psychology of confidence suggests that the more confident a rater is in his judgment the more accurate is his rating. The purpose of the present study was to investigate possible differences among raters in their confidence in competency ratings which they had provided. Results indicated significant differences due to the rater's interpersonal role with the ratee and the particular aspect of competence rated. Greater simple structure of competence ratings when adjusted for rater confidence is also shown. Rater confidence is discussed as an index for rater selection and as a moderator variable for competence ratings.
D000288:Administrative Personnel; D002983:Clinical Competence; D005163:Factor Analysis, Statistical; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D010823:Physician Assistants / Q000193:education*; D012380:Role