User's Handbook for Confidence Testing as a Diagnostic Aid in Technical Training,

Abstract

The handbook is intended to supply both testing specialists and general users of tests with a set of instructions for implementing a program of confidence testing in technical training situations, provided information concerning such factors as the identification of promising areas of application, the relative value and ease of alternative scoring methods, techniques for evaluating confidence information, and administrative considereations. It contains a discussion of Pick-One and Distribute 100 Points confidence formats, other confidence procedures, and the relative merits of each method, selection and confidence test scale scores, uses of confidence testing, and instructions for those administering confidence tests where either hand or machine scoring is used. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 01, 1971
Accession Number
AD0731192

Entities

People

  • Gary J. Echternacht
  • Robert F. Boldt
  • Wayne S. Sellman

Organizations

  • Educational Testing Service

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Books
  • Handbooks
  • Identification
  • Instructions
  • Specialists
  • Training

Fields of Study

  • Education

Readers

  • Instructional Design and Training Evaluation.
  • Regression Analysis.