This document discusses checklists and rating scales. It begins by defining a checklist as a simple list used to record presence or absence of items by checking yes or no. Checklists are used in educational surveys and observational studies. They are useful for collecting statistics, identifying student needs, and observing behaviors. Rating scales are then introduced as being superior to checklists because they allow gradations in judgment using numbers. Rating scales express judgment on how much a trait is present. They have advantages like determining student quality and progress, and disadvantages like lack of reliability and subjectivity. The document outlines different types of rating scales and their merits and demerits.

2. INTRODUCTION
 It is a simple laundry-list type of device
 It is consisting of prepared list of items.
 It is used to record the presence or absence of the
item by checking ‘yes’ or ‘no’.
 It is used in educational surveys to get facts and
also in observational studies of behavior.
 Also used to record observations of an individual,
a group or a whole class.

3. USES OF CHECK LIST
 Check list is useful in
 collecting educational statistics
 to find out the needs of students
 facilities available in educational institutions
 to observe and record students behavioral traits
 They are also useful to find out the student’s
learning efficiency and evaluating the
effectiveness of classroom teaching learning
activities.

4.  The checklist could be used easily by the
investigator
 It takes only a few minutes to fill in the
details to be provided as they are indicated
using tick mark or words or numbers.
 As information are obtained through
observation, there is no need to doubt them.
 Each segment of the information or item
could be used easily to compute its
frequency, average and percentage.

5.  There are four steps in designing a check
list.
 Identification of the skills to be included
 Separate listing of target behaviors
 Sequential organization of the checklist
 Record keeping

6. Advantages and disadvantages of check
list
Advantages Disadvantages
Easy to use Time consuming
Teachers learn to use quickly Difficult to get started
Flexible in use Not all view as a valid measure

8. RATING SCALE
 Rating scale is superior to check list.
 Rating scale is a device containing a set of
graded categories in small numbers
The numbers help an individual to express
his/her judgment regarding how much certain
characteristic traits or attributes are present
in some situation,object,or behavior.

9. Definition of a rating scale
 According to A.S.Barr and others,
“Rating is a term applied to expression
of opinion or judgment regarding some
situation, objects or characters.
 Opinions are usually expressed on a scale
of values.

10. TYPES OF RATING SCALE
 Numerical Rating Scale
 Descriptive Rating Scale
 Graphic Rating Scale

15. MERITS OF RATING SCALE
 It helps to determine the quality and
information of a student
 To select students at the time of
admission
 It helps to find the progress of the
student
 Helps to compare the students
 Helps to select suitable candidates for a
job

16. DEMERITS OF RATING SCALE
 There is no reliability
 It has subjectivity
 We cannot evaluate for all the students
 Value of the grade is changing