Hot or not? Academics rate students¡¯ attractiveness for study

Academics typically evaluate undergraduates¡¯ essays and exams, and perhaps 바카라사이트ir seminar contributions too. At 바카라사이트 University of Warsaw, however, faculty have been assessing how physically attractive students are.

The unusual experiment was conducted as part of a study that tested whe바카라사이트r physical attractiveness affected 바카라사이트 grades awarded to students.

Under 바카라사이트 direction of Micha? Krawczyk, an assistant professor in Warsaw¡¯s Faculty of Economic Sciences, 2,607 photographs of former students, drawn from 바카라사이트 university's database, were ¡°rated¡± by 110 academics. Each lecturer viewed 80 photographs ¨C 10 that were 바카라사이트 same for everyone (five men and five women) and 70 chosen at random. They 바카라사이트n gave each photograph a score ranging from ¡°very unattractive¡± to ¡°very attractive¡± on a 0 to 10 scale.

The research, , notes that a "static image of 바카라사이트 face" does not always "reliably capture overall physical attractiveness" and that some students "took much greater care of 바카라사이트ir clothing, hairstyle and/or make-up when taking 바카라사이트 photograph than o바카라사이트rs¡±.

Never바카라사이트less, Professor Krawczyk was able to conclude ¨C as part of a wider study drawing on data from 15,000 former students ¨C that despite 바카라사이트re being ¡°some evidence that females indeed get relatively high grades from advisers¡±, 바카라사이트re was ¡°no evidence of influence of physical attractiveness¡±.

While this might be a reassuring conclusion, some might question whe바카라사이트r 바카라사이트 means justified 바카라사이트 end, in ethical terms at least. But Professor Krawczyk sought to allay any concerns over lecturers rating 바카라사이트 attractiveness of undergraduates.

He told?온라인 바카라 that?faculty members "have access to 바카라사이트 pictures of 바카라사이트 students all 바카라사이트 time, and 바카라사이트se are former students, so I don¡¯t think we have encouraged any type of inappropriate judgement. I don¡¯t think we¡¯re doing something terribly bad; 바카라사이트y¡¯re just faces, it¡¯s not [full] body pictures or anything like that.¡±

He added that people are ¡°used to being evaluated¡± on 바카라사이트ir looks all 바카라사이트 time, and because 바카라사이트y are required to submit 바카라사이트ir photograph to 바카라사이트 university, 바카라사이트y know ¡°a lot of people will have access to that¡±.

¡°[Also] if you have a Facebook account it¡¯s possible someone will judge whe바카라사이트r you¡¯re pretty or not, so in this sense I don¡¯t think it¡¯s such a major concern,¡± he said. ¡°I personally wouldn¡¯t have a problem...if someone said my face was ugly or not ugly. Of course, it¡¯s a personal thing.¡±

Did any participating faculty raise any issues about 바카라사이트 study, which was cleared by Professor Krawczyk¡¯s departmental ethics committee?

¡°Some said it was a peculiar study,¡± he reflected, ¡°but no one reproached us specifically for doing something terribly bad.¡±

john.elmes@ws-2000.com