Making Definitions Explicit and Capturing Evaluation Policies

Judgment ANalysis (JAN) is described as a technique for identifying the rating policies that exist within a group of judges. Studies are presented in which JAN has been used in evaluating teacher effectiveness by capturing both student and faculty policies of teacher effectiveness at the University of Northern Colorado. In addition, research examples of the technique are presented in the area of making definitions explicit. Specifically, JAN was utilized as a methodology for defining what is pornographic for a group of lawyers, policemen and doctoral psychology students. (Author)