Question

Corey, a supervisor, needs to rate the performance of 20 subordinates. He uses a rating scale to rate them on a scale of 1 to 10. He rates 18 employees at 5, which leads to central tendency. In the context of types of rating errors, Corey commits a _____ error.

Answer 1

Answer:

central tendency distributional error

Explanation:

There are three types of distributional errors:

1. severity.- when the person in charge of rating is too strict and rates the employees with a poor grade.
2. leniency.- when the person in charge of rating is too lenient and rates the  employees with a high grade.
3. central tendency.- when the person in charge of rating does not want to assume responsibility and rates the employees with a middle grade, not bad, not good.