As graders go on grading, their comments become more frustrated and their good-will becomes much sloppier. At least that’s the hypothesis to explain this. Researchers found the reverse effect on graders who sorted in reverse-alphabetical order.

  • SolOrion@sh.itjust.works
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    6 months ago

    Well, yeah. I’d argue that’s better than people with certain names being consistently affected.

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      6 months ago

      They both seem equally bad to me.

      You don’t have to have either problem though; both can be avoided easily.