Title
More sensitive self-reporting of ability change using Culturometric mediation of accompanying changed expectations
Location
2072
Format Type
Paper
Format Type
Paper
Start Date
14-1-2017 10:30 AM
End Date
14-1-2017 11:50 AM
Abstract
Self-reporting is a widely used qualitative data collection method. However, traditional research designs that compare self-reports of respondent’s abilities before and after learning do not give respondents full credit for learnt abilities. This is because respondent’s expectations of how good they should be also change as they learn, so their after-learning abilities are subjectively judged against higher expectations than their pre-learning abilities resulting in smaller reported differences. This significant and ubiquitous problem is recognized here for the first time by Culturometrics and resolved by partitioning the subjectivities in self-report responses. The Culturometric method of partitioning the subjectivities in self-report responses is demonstrated with a group of prisoners who learnt how to control their anger. This method is compared with the traditional analysis to reveal the previously hidden effect that changing expectations has on reducing self-reports of learnt abilities and consequently on suppressing the reported effectiveness of teaching and other therapeutic interventions. (151 Words)
More sensitive self-reporting of ability change using Culturometric mediation of accompanying changed expectations
2072
Self-reporting is a widely used qualitative data collection method. However, traditional research designs that compare self-reports of respondent’s abilities before and after learning do not give respondents full credit for learnt abilities. This is because respondent’s expectations of how good they should be also change as they learn, so their after-learning abilities are subjectively judged against higher expectations than their pre-learning abilities resulting in smaller reported differences. This significant and ubiquitous problem is recognized here for the first time by Culturometrics and resolved by partitioning the subjectivities in self-report responses. The Culturometric method of partitioning the subjectivities in self-report responses is demonstrated with a group of prisoners who learnt how to control their anger. This method is compared with the traditional analysis to reveal the previously hidden effect that changing expectations has on reducing self-reports of learnt abilities and consequently on suppressing the reported effectiveness of teaching and other therapeutic interventions. (151 Words)