Oh god, those Likert-scale questions are the worst. “On a scale from 0 to 10, rate candidate on consistent adherence to high ethical standards“ - I’m not sure I could do that for a family member, let alone someone who was one of 300 in one of my classes.

Linguistics departments too

Many college students in my classes don't know how to calculate the grade they’d need to get on the last of 3 exams to reach a desired final %. At first I was shocked that this level of algebra was beyond them, but I’ve since realized it’s almost the norm. This has been true for at least 15 years.

Something I often think about that’s related to this: in my lab, our practice for handling responses to reviewers is to create a spreadsheet with columns for criticisms, potential responses, etc. Wouldn’t that be easier for the editor and reviewers to deal with than the standard letter?

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