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Table 1 Tutor Mean Ratings Converted to Z-scores

From: Tutor assessment of PBL process: does tutor variability affect objectivity and reliability?

Tutor

M ± SD

Z scores

T13

31 ± 3.67

−2.38a

T16

38.69 ± 6.25

−1.45a

T17

40.67 ± 3.96

−1.20a

T12

45.19 ± 11.15

−0.65

T5

45.74 ± 5.67

−0.59

T3

48.53 ± 7.52

−0.25

T4

50.23 ± 4.56

−0.04

T18

50.83 ± 4.73

0.03

T7

50.96 ± 3.79

0.05

T6

51.06 ± 2.64

0.06

T15

51.69 ± 0.85

0.14

T11

52.76 ± 8.43

0.27

T8

54.97 ± 2.57

0.54

T1

54.97 ± 6.05

0.54

T9

57.73 ± 2.66

0.88

T14

60.36 ± 0.93

1.20a

T10

61.41 ± 2.23

1.32a

T2

63.03 ± 2.17

1.52a

  1. aThis conversion was done with a population Mean rating of 50.55 and SD of 8.20. Those tutors’ rating fall below the Z-scores of −1.20 are treated as stringent and above the Z-score of 1.20 are considered to be lenient