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Peterson, Ivars – Science News, 1982
By handling numbers in unexpected ways, computers and calculators create headaches for computer programers and set traps for unsuspecting users by sometimes producing wrong answers. Specific examples of such computer/calculator errors are discussed. (Author/JN)
Descriptors: Calculators, Computer Programs, Computers, Error Patterns
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Whitely, Susan E. – Applied Psychological Measurement, 1979
A model which gives maximum likelihood estimates of measurement error within the context of a simplex model for practice effects is presented. The appropriateness of the model is tested for five traits, and error estimates are compared to the classical formula estimates. (Author/JKS)
Descriptors: Error of Measurement, Error Patterns, Higher Education, Mathematical Models
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Hull, Glynda; And Others – Computers and the Humanities, 1987
Examines the use of computers for error detection in natural language texts. Focuses on a computer program designed to teach students to edit their papers for errors using pattern matching in error detection. Describes a "pedagogy for editing" and speculates on ways to improve computer detection of errors in natural language texts. (AEM)
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Courseware, Editing, Educational Technology