A Prototype Computer Program for Interactive Computer-Administered Admissible Probability Measurement

Abstract

This report describes an experimental computer implementation of admissible probability measurement techniques. These measurement techniques rely on a scoring system that encourages the user to reproduce or reveal his own estimate of the probability of correctness of an answer to a multiple-choice question. A track record (in the form of an external validity graph) of the user's probability estimating performance provides the means for estimating how much information he has and how realistically that level of knowledge is assessed. The computer system allows the user to explore the relationships between his assignment of probability of correctness to answers and the possible score outcome.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 1974
Accession Number
AD0787051

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People

  • William L. Sibley

Organizations

  • RAND Corporation

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  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Data Processing
  • Digital Information
  • Graphics
  • Language
  • Light Pens
  • Operating Systems
  • Probability
  • Probability Distributions
  • Procedures (Computers)
  • Social Sciences
  • Software Development
  • Students
  • System Software
  • Test Methods
  • United States

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  • Computer science

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  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Database Systems and Applications
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