Don, a team leader in a college business course, wanted to fail Diane, a team member that he said did "nothing." Dr.Smartee, the professor, refused to fail her, stating that the other team members had all given her satisfactory evaluations on their project review form.Why didn't the professor back Don's decision?
A)Selective rating is inappropriate.
B)Relative standards are better than absolute standards.
C)Multiple raters give a more reliable assessment than a single rater.
D)Trait measures are preferable to behaviorally-based measures.
E)Ongoing feedback prevents surprises.

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Multiple raters provide a more comprehensive and reliable assessment of an individual's performance than a single rater's perspective. In this case, the professor valued the collective feedback from all team members over the singular negative feedback from Don.

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