O efeito da padronização das notas sobre os resultados da avaliação dos cursos de Engenharia Civil

This study aims to present an analysis of the effect of grade standardization on the results of the assessment of Civil Engineering undergraduate courses. The analyzed data came from the assessment carried out in the year 2014. Initially, it was performed a theoretical analysis of the equations that define the standardization procedure to assess the effect on mean, standard deviation and coefficient of variation of original grades. Following, it is presented a comparison between the statistics of original grades and standard grades to show the effect of different scale amplitudes of the evaluation components. It was also calculated the correlation among the variables used to define the course preliminary concept (CPC). The results showed low correlation between the variables Note and IDD and the other variables that are part of the CPC. Finally, we presented two alternatives to define scale ranges to the evaluation components, and compared the CPC values calculated from those two alternatives to the CPC values calculated from the current standardization procedure. The results showed that the current standardization procedure increased the relative frequency of both 2 and 3 concepts, and decreases the relative frequency of 4 concept compared to the two alternatives suggested.

CONSTRUCTION AND VALIDATION OF OCCUPATIONAL STRESS SCALE – (OSS)

Stress at work resulting from increasing complexities of work and its divergent demand, has become a prominent and pervading feature of the modern organizations. The researchers in the area of organizational psychology and management have used the term job stress to denote employees’ mental state aroused by a job situation or a combination of job situations perceived as presenting excessive and divergent demands. Stress is an unavoidable phenomenon in human life. Though the type of stress may differ but almost any aspect of life can lead to stress, be it lack of friends, lack of money, unemployment or even employment. Rapid industrialization, increasing urbanization and receding support over the last few decades have contributed to rise in stress level. So the investigations have decided to construct and validate a scale to measure the Occupational stress. According to the standardization procedure the framed 30 statements were finalized to 21 statements constituting the Occupational stress scale.