Does this really matter?
I believe we have missed the reason for the evaluations and the information they can contribute.
First, in order to get an accurate account of the effectiveness of an instructor is to explain how important the evals are to the instructor. If we just read the instructions and hope for valuable input we will get poor results. If the instructor explains that he needs positive feed back in order to improve his teaching style he can get the information back that he needs.
Second, if the instructor wants the students to like him, then he should… >>>