There is a real positive bias and this program helps confirm it.
Something that must be considered is whether the form of the test could have an influence on the outcome for reasons other than an intrinsic positive bias. More specifically, I note that the form of the question the participant has been given resembles that of question style that I have encountered many a time. In most of these cases I am expected to elicit the questioner’s intended meaning, usually something specific. Were I to give the answer “actually, it could be any integers in ascending order” I would expect less marks or mild dissaproval for being a smart ass.
The test is set up to confirm the positive bias without eliminating the possibility of simple cultural training on the test format and initial priming. I would like to look at alternate tests setups, perhaps including explicitly declared random triplets and some betting.
As it stands, the test strikes me as a little ironic!
There is a real positive bias and this program helps confirm it.
Something that must be considered is whether the form of the test could have an influence on the outcome for reasons other than an intrinsic positive bias. More specifically, I note that the form of the question the participant has been given resembles that of question style that I have encountered many a time. In most of these cases I am expected to elicit the questioner’s intended meaning, usually something specific. Were I to give the answer “actually, it could be any integers in ascending order” I would expect less marks or mild dissaproval for being a smart ass.
The test is set up to confirm the positive bias without eliminating the possibility of simple cultural training on the test format and initial priming. I would like to look at alternate tests setups, perhaps including explicitly declared random triplets and some betting.
As it stands, the test strikes me as a little ironic!