Here is an elaboration on a theme I was thinking of running in a course:
If they could have a single yes / no question answered on the topic, what should most people ask?
The idea being to get people to start thinking about what the best way to probe for more information is when “directly look up the question’s answer” is not an option.
This isn’t something that can be easily operationalized on a large scale for examination. It is an exercise that could work in small groups.
One way to operationalize would be to construct the group average distribution, and score the question according to (0.5 - sum(mass of states mapping to true))^2. This only works (easily) for questions like, “Is the IOC in either of Geneva or Lugano?”
I like this idea generally.
Here is an elaboration on a theme I was thinking of running in a course:
If they could have a single yes / no question answered on the topic, what should most people ask?
The idea being to get people to start thinking about what the best way to probe for more information is when “directly look up the question’s answer” is not an option.
This isn’t something that can be easily operationalized on a large scale for examination. It is an exercise that could work in small groups.
One way to operationalize would be to construct the group average distribution, and score the question according to (0.5 - sum(mass of states mapping to true))^2. This only works (easily) for questions like, “Is the IOC in either of Geneva or Lugano?”