Objectivity and subjectivity in evaluation

The science and art of combining values and other facts

A statistician I know once said, “rubrics are a bit too subjective for me; I prefer objective evaluation methods”.

Why does this make me grind my teeth? 😬

My New Zealand Oxford Dictionary defines these terms as follows:

Objective: External to the mind; actually existing; real; dealing with outward things or exhibiting facts uncoloured by feelings or opi…