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Explaining Purportedly Irrational Behavior by Modeling Skepticism in Task Parameters: An Example Examining Confidence in Forced-Choice Tasks

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McKenzie, Craig R. M.; Wixted, John T.; Noelle, David C. – Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 2004

Many purported demonstrations of irrational behavior rely on the assumption that participants believe key task parameters that are merely asserted by experimenters. For example, previous researchers have found that participants who first reported confidence in items presented in a yes-no format did not change confidence to the degree prescribed by…

Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Confidence Testing, Measures (Individuals), Measurement Techniques

Confidence Marking: Its Use in Testing.

Leclercq, Dieudonne – Evaluation in Education: An International Review Series, 1982

In a confidence weighting situation, the examinee is asked to indicate the correct answer, and how certain he or she is of the correctness of that answer. This paper reviews the bases for confidence marking, its validity and accuracy in evaluating students, and it's use in research. (BW)

Descriptors: Confidence Testing, Educational Research, Measurement Techniques, Models