Degree Name
Master of Arts (MA)
Semester of Degree Completion
1996
Thesis Director
Douglas Bock
Abstract
There is extensive research on speech evaluation in the area of speech communication. This study explores the effects of presentational mode and gender on rating errors in speech evaluation. Subjects were students enrolled in an introductory speech course at Eastern Illinois University. After compiling 1072 speech evaluation sheets, a 2x2x3 factorial analysis of variance was conducted. Results concluded that raters in a pre-presentational mode will be more positively lenient than raters in a post-presentational mode and raters in a control group; female raters were more positively lenient than male raters in the traits of language, material, delivery, analysis, and voice; and females in a pre-presentational mode will display more positive trait errors than males in a control group in the traits of organization, material, and analysis.
Recommended Citation
Turley, Nicole L., "The Effects of Presentational Mode and Gender on Rating Errors in Classroom Speech Evaluation" (1996). Masters Theses. 1939.
https://thekeep.eiu.edu/theses/1939
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Gender, Race, Sexuality, and Ethnicity in Communication Commons, Speech and Rhetorical Studies Commons
