TY - JOUR
T1 - Range of confidence scale and consumer knowledge calibration
AU - Gopalakrishna Pillai, Kishore
PY - 2014/2
Y1 - 2014/2
N2 - The study examined the effect of range of a confidence scale on consumer knowledge calibration, specifically whether a restricted range scale (25%- 100%) leads to difference in calibration compared to a full range scale (0%-100%), for multiple-choice questions. A quasi-experimental study using student participants (N = 434) was employed. Data were collected from two samples; in the first sample (N = 167) a full range confidence scale was used, and in the second sample (N = 267) a restricted range scale was used. No differences were found between the two scales on knowledge calibration. Results from studies of knowledge calibration employing restricted range and full range confidence scales are thus comparable.
AB - The study examined the effect of range of a confidence scale on consumer knowledge calibration, specifically whether a restricted range scale (25%- 100%) leads to difference in calibration compared to a full range scale (0%-100%), for multiple-choice questions. A quasi-experimental study using student participants (N = 434) was employed. Data were collected from two samples; in the first sample (N = 167) a full range confidence scale was used, and in the second sample (N = 267) a restricted range scale was used. No differences were found between the two scales on knowledge calibration. Results from studies of knowledge calibration employing restricted range and full range confidence scales are thus comparable.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84894744255&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.2466/03.01.PR0.114k15w5
DO - 10.2466/03.01.PR0.114k15w5
M3 - Article
C2 - 24765716
AN - SCOPUS:84894744255
SN - 0033-2941
VL - 114
SP - 149
EP - 155
JO - Psychological Reports
JF - Psychological Reports
IS - 1
ER -