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Peer reviewedBrown, Norman R.; Siegler, Robert S. – Psychological Review, 1993
A metrics and mapping framework is proposed to account for how heuristics, domain-specific reasoning, and intuitive statistical induction processes are integrated to generate estimates. Results of 4 experiments involving 188 undergraduates illustrate framework usefulness and suggest when people use heuristics and when they emphasize…
Descriptors: Estimation (Mathematics), Graphs, Heuristics, Higher Education
Download full textShen, Linjun – 1993
As part of a longitudinal study of the growth of general medical knowledge among osteopathic medical students, a simple, convenient, and accurate vertical equating method was developed for constructing a scale for medical achievement. It was believed that Parts 1, 2, and 3 of the National Board of Osteopathic Medical Examiners' (NBOME) examination…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Equated Scores, Estimation (Mathematics), Higher Education
