Effects of Sex on Peer Ratings of U.S. Army Rotc Cadets

Abstract

The effects of sex of rater and sex of ratee on peer ratings were investigated. Subjects were U.S. Army ROTC cadets at a 6-wk. advanced training camp in 1985; 935 subjects were men and 373 were women. Male ratees received significantly (α = .01) higher peer ratings than the female ratees received. Male ratees received significantly (α = .01) higher peer ratings from male raters than from female raters. Female ratees received significantly (α = .01) higher peer ratings from female raters than from male raters. It is possible that men received higher ratings than women because there were more men doing the rating.