The Effects of Gender and Instructions on Calibration.

Abstract

Two groups of subjects assessed their confidence in the accuracy of their answers to 200 general-knowledge two-alternative items. One group was given short instructions and the other lengthy instructions. The appropriateness of their confidence, called calibration, proved to be unrelated to both length of instruction and subjects' gender. All but five of the 71 subjects were at least somewhat overconfident; only six could be described as 'pretty well calibrated'. (Author)

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Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 01, 1981
Accession Number
ADA102255

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