The present study was to investigate the strategy for improving the objectivity of the college entrance dance performance test by determining the inter-rater reliability of dance performance judging under the raters different major. Five judges from t...
The present study was to investigate the strategy for improving the objectivity of the college entrance dance performance test by determining the inter-rater reliability of dance performance judging under the raters different major. Five judges from three different dance types(three for Korean dance, one for Modern dance, and one for Ballet) were asked to rate each examinees performance using a Dance performance Checklist which consists of five components developed by the measurement specialists of Korean National University of Physical Education.. The Cronbach's alpha was calculated to verify the objectivity of the dance performance test by using RELIABILITY, subprogram of SPSS. The results showed that the objectivity coefficients from 5 raters were lower than .90, however, the coefficient for the 97 college entrance examination were improved than that of the 96. It was found that raters in general were judged consistently examinees dance performance, regardless of their major. The results suggest that the number of raters should be at least increased to 6 for ballet, 7 for korean dance, and 8 for modern dance judging to improve the objectivity coefficients up to .90.