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Criterion Noise in Ratings-Based Recognition: Evidence from the Effects of Response Scale Length on Recognition Accuracy
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Benjamin, Aaron S.; Tullis, Jonathan G.; Lee, Ji Hae – Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 2013
Rating scales are a standard measurement tool in psychological research. However, research has suggested that the cognitive burden involved in maintaining the criteria used to parcel subjective evidence into ratings introduces "decision noise" and affects estimates of performance in the underlying task. There has been debate over whether…
Descriptors: Task Analysis, Performance, Rating Scales, Decision Making
Smaller Is Better (when Sampling from the Crowd within): Low Memory-Span Individuals Benefit More from Multiple Opportunities for Estimation
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Hourihan, Kathleen L.; Benjamin, Aaron S. – Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 2010
Recently, Vul and Pashler (2008) demonstrated that the average of 2 responses from a single subject to general knowledge questions was more accurate than either single estimate. Importantly, this reveals that each guess contributes unique evidence relevant to the decision, contrary to views that eschew probabilistic representations of the…
Descriptors: Memory, Task Analysis, Cognitive Processes, Undergraduate Students