Why I Review Unimpressive Books

Steven E. Gump

doi:10.3138/jsp.53.1.04

Why I Review Unimpressive Books

Journal of Scholarly Publishing ◽

10.3138/jsp.53.1.04 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 53 (1) ◽

pp. 35-47

Author(s):

Steven E. Gump

Keyword(s):

Quality Control ◽

Specific Field ◽

Evaluative Criteria

Unimpressive books fail to make effective, distinctive, or otherwise substantive contributions. Yet their reviews can be useful to potential readers (as caveats), to publishers (as quality-control checks), to authors working on similar book projects (as models of what to avoid), and even to the reviewers themselves (as exercises for developing connoisseurship within a specific field). By articulating the implications and transferability of evaluative criteria, this essay explores the value and utility of such reviews.

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Grade Validity Of Online Quantitative Courses

Contemporary Issues in Education Research (CIER) ◽

10.19030/cier.v2i1.1106 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 2 (1) ◽

pp. 71

Author(s):

Judson C. Faurer

Keyword(s):

Quality Control ◽

Faculty Member ◽

Online Courses ◽

Degree Programs ◽

Academic Rigor ◽

Academic Institutions ◽

Online Programs ◽

Course Grades ◽

Evaluative Criteria ◽

Online Degree

Are prospective employers getting “quality” educated degreed applicants and are academic institutions that offer online degree programs ensuring the quality control of the courses/programs offered? The issue specifically addressed in this paper is not with all institutions offering degrees through online programs or even with all online courses. The concern is with those online courses where the means to ensure the validity of course grades is not guaranteed by measures of technology or academic rigor employed. More specifically, the practical measures to reduce or eliminate doubts about a student’s acquired knowledge in quantitative online courses need evaluation and thought to arrive at a more circumspect solution. Is the grade earned truly indicative of a student’s competency and level of acquired knowledge and understanding in an online quantitative course or merely an indication that the student somehow just satisfied proscribed evaluative criteria set by the faculty member without adequate measures of assessment?

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Grade Validity Of Online Quantitative Courses

Contemporary Issues in Education Research (CIER) ◽

10.19030/cier.v6i1.7607 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 6 (1) ◽

pp. 93 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Judson C. Faurer

Keyword(s):

Quality Control ◽

Faculty Member ◽

Online Courses ◽

Degree Programs ◽

Academic Rigor ◽

Academic Institutions ◽

Online Programs ◽

Course Grades ◽

Evaluative Criteria ◽

Online Degree

Are prospective employers getting quality educated, degreed applicants and are academic institutions that offer online degree programs ensuring the quality control of the courses/programs offered? The issue specifically addressed in this paper is not with all institutions offering degrees through online programs or even with all online courses. The concern is with those online courses where the means to ensure the validity of course grades is not guaranteed by measures of technology or academic rigor employed. More specifically, the practical measures to reduce or eliminate doubts about a students acquired knowledge in quantitative online courses need evaluation and thought to arrive at a more circumspect solution. Is the grade earned truly indicative of a students competency and level of acquired knowledge and understanding in an online quantitative course or merely an indication that the student somehow just satisfied proscribed evaluative criteria set by the faculty member without adequate measures of assessment?

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Exploring the Role of Peer-Review as a Mechanism of Quality Control of Academic Marketing Research Submitted for Publication in Arab Refereed Journals: A Proposed Standardized List of Evaluative Criteria

Journal of Business Theory and Practice ◽

10.22158/jbtp.v5n1p21 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 5 (1) ◽

pp. 21

Author(s):

Prof. Naji Deeb Mualla

Keyword(s):

Quality Control ◽

Data Analysis ◽

Marketing Research ◽

Business Administration ◽

The Other ◽

Problematic Situation ◽

Staff Members ◽

Evaluative Criteria ◽

Academic Marketing

This study aimed at exploring the progress of the academic marketing research submitted for publication in Arab refereed journals, diagnosing the current problematic situation and developing what can be considered as a unified and standardized list of evaluative criteria that may be used by these journals in assessing the validity and suitability of the academic marketing research for publication. Those journals are adopting varied evaluative forms (lists of evaluative criteria) to determine whether the research paper is publishable or not. The data required for this research were collected from a sample of 305 staff members of both, the departments of Business Administration and Marketing at the Arab universities which are active members of the Association of Arab Universities (AARU). The sample consisted of two groups: the first was the reviewers’ group which consisted of 180 members. While the other was the authors’ group which consisted of 125 members. The data was collected by using two different questionnaires (one for each group). Quantitate and qualitative statistics were used in the data analysis. The main outcome of this study was the standardized list of evaluative criteria which was reached through the 8 steps procedure developed by the researcher.

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