#2381. Students’ preference for grading rules: The role of ratio bias

October 2026publication date
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Abstract:
This article analyzes student preferences for college grading rules and the value of the bias coefficient. The study was conducted in an institution that allows instructors who teach multiple grades of the same course to grade students as if they were enrolled in the same grade by pooling students from different grades (combined grade, or PG). Another (default) alternative was to grade students separately for each grade (individual grade, or SG). The results show that students prefer PG over SG, indicating that student preferences are influenced by a bias in the ratio. The results also suggest that PG preference is independent of gender, but older students are less likely to choose PG than younger students.
Keywords:
Cognitive bias; Grading rule; Pooled grading; Ratio bias

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