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Psychometrics

rating error in which a rater gives systematically higher (or, for severity, lower) ratings than ratees' true performance warrants.

In psychometrics, leniency error refers to rating error in which a rater gives systematically higher (or, for severity, lower) ratings than ratees' true performance warrants. This meaning comes from Saal (1980) in Psychological Bulletin.[1]

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References

Saal, F. E., Downey, R. G., & Lahey, M. A. (1980). Rating the ratings: Assessing the psychometric quality of rating data. Psychological Bulletin, 88(2), 413-428. https://doi.org/10.1037/0033-2909.88.2.413

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