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Toward Developing an Unbiased Scoring Algorithm for "NASA" and Similar Ranking Tasks.

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Lane, Irving M.; And Others – Group and Organization Studies, 1981

Presents both logical and empirical evidence to illustrate that the conventional scoring algorithm for ranking tasks significantly underestimates the initial level of group ability and that Slevin's alternative scoring algorithm significantly overestimates the initial level of ability. Presents a modification of Slevin's algorithm which authors…

Descriptors: Ability Identification, Algorithms, Evaluation Methods, Group Dynamics

Short Texts to Explain Problem-Solution Structures--And Vice Versa. An Analytical Study of English Prose to Show the Relationship between Clear Writing and Clear Thinking.

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Jordan, Michael P. – Instructional Science, 1980

This discussion of information structures in written texts describes how linguistic analysis of short published reports leads to the presentation of an algorithm that depicts the problem-solving process in terms of a series of evaluative questions. (Author/CHC)

Descriptors: Algorithms, Bibliographies, Cognitive Processes, Communication Skills