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Calibrating Expert Assessments Using Hierarchical Gaussian Process Models
2020
Expert assessments are routinely used to inform management and other decision making. However, often these assessments contain considerable biases and uncertainties for which reason they should be calibrated if possible. Moreover, coherently combining multiple expert assessments into one estimate poses a long-standing problem in statistics since modeling expert knowledge is often difficult. Here, we present a hierarchical Bayesian model for expert calibration in a task of estimating a continuous univariate parameter. The model allows experts' biases to vary as a function of the true value of the parameter and according to the expert's background. We follow the fully Bayesian approach (the s…
Cost-efficiency assessments of marine monitoring methods lack rigor—a systematic mapping of literature and an end-user view on optimal cost-efficienc…
2021
Global deterioration of marine ecosystems, together with increasing pressure to use them, has created a demand for new, more efficient and cost-efficient monitoring tools that enable assessing changes in the status of marine ecosystems. However, demonstrating the cost-efficiency of a monitoring method is not straightforward as there are no generally applicable guidelines. Our study provides a systematic literature mapping of methods and criteria that have been proposed or used since the year 2000 to evaluate the cost-efficiency of marine monitoring methods. We aimed to investigate these methods but discovered that examples of actual cost-efficiency assessments in literature were rare, contr…
Precision, Applicability, and Economic Implications: A Comparison of Alternative Biodiversity Offset Indexes
2021
AbstractThe rates of ecosystem degradation and biodiversity loss are alarming and current conservation efforts are not sufficient to stop them. The need for new tools is urgent. One approach is biodiversity offsetting: a developer causing habitat degradation provides an improvement in biodiversity so that the lost ecological value is compensated for. Accurate and ecologically meaningful measurement of losses and estimation of gains are essential in reaching the no net loss goal or any other desired outcome of biodiversity offsetting. The chosen calculation method strongly influences biodiversity outcomes. We compare a multiplicative method, which is based on a habitat condition index develo…
Ensuring Diverse User Experiences and Accessibility While Developing the TeSLA e-Assessment System
2019
The TeSLA project, with its new, innovative approaches for e-assessment, offers a great possibility for increasing the educational equality and making higher education studies available for all. It has been estimated that 10–15% of students in higher education institutions have some disabilities or special educational needs. At online universities or in online programmes, the number is even higher. These numbers emphasise the importance of the universal design for learning as a leading principle while developing the digital learning environments and e-assessment procedures. In this chapter, we describe the key elements of ensuring the accessibility of the TeSLA e-assessment system during th…
How to evaluate first aid skills after training: a systematic review
2022
Abstract Background To be able to help and save lives, laypersons are recommended to undergo first aid trainings. The aim of this review was to explore the variety of the elements of the measuring systems to assess the effects of first aid trainings on different aspects of first aid skills including practical skills, knowledge, and emotional perspectives. Methods This systematic literature review used Scopus and PubMed databases and searched for studies published between January, 2000, and December, 2020. Out of 2,162 studies meeting the search criteria, 15 studies with quantitative and repeatable evaluation methods to assess first aid skills after first aid training for adults were include…
A multi-criteria evaluation system for arable land resource assessment
2020
This study proposed a multi-criteria evaluation system for arable land resources by combining the soil integrated fertility index (IFI) with a soil cleanliness index (based on heavy metals and metalloid content). A total of 16 typical arable land units in Chongming District, China, were evaluated using the proposed evaluation system based on 104 collected soil samples in 16 towns. The comprehensive soil evaluation scores of arable lands in 16 towns were in the range of 90.7 to 99.2 with a mean of 96.2, indicating that the arable land in all 16 towns was at the level of excellent (≥ 90.0). Lower cleanliness indices had a significant impact on the final evaluation score. In comparison with si…
Identification of Reading Difficulties by a Digital Game-Based Assessment Technology
2020
Computerized game-based assessment (GBA) system for screening reading difficulties may provide substantial time and cost benefits over traditional paper-and-pencil assessment while providing means also to individually adapt learning content in educational games. To study the reliability and validity of a GBA system to identify struggling readers performing below a standard deviation from mean in paper-and-pencil test either in raw scores and grade-normative scores, a large-scale study with first to fourth grade students ( N = 723) was conducted, where GBA was administrated as a group test by tablet devices. Overall, the results indicated that the GBA can be successfully used to identify st…
Towards a meta-method for the engineering of situational evaluation methods for domain-specific modeling tools
2015
Sovellusaluemallinnus (Domain-Specific Modeling, DSM) on eräs ohjelmistotuotannon lähestymistavoista, jossa sovelluskehityksen abstraktiotasoa nostetaan ohjelmoinnista sovellusaluekeskeiseen mallinnukseen. DSM mahdollistaa sovelluskehityksen automatisoinnin erityisesti kapeilla ja vakiintuneilla sovellusalueilla, joiden käsitteet, säännöt ja merkitykset soveltuvat DSM-kielten konstruktioiksi. DSM-välineet tarjoavat työkaluja DSM-kielten määrittelyyn ja käyttöön sekä sovellusmallien transformaatioihin. Teollisuudessa DSM-välineiden arviointeja tehdään tyypillisesti välinehankintojen valmistelun yhteydessä. Arviointeja suoritetaan myös tieteellisen tutkimuksen näkökulmasta. Arviointitulosten …
Manuel Azaña et Madrid : le regard de l'homme d'Etat et de l'intellectuel
2015
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Digitaalisesti kiinni nuorten luku- ja oikeinkirjoitustaidon arviointiin toisella asteella
2020
Luku- ja kirjoitustaitoa on seulontavaiheessa perinteisesti arvioitu paperisella arviointivälineellä. Arvioinnin työläys ja verkkopohjaisen lukemisen yleistyminen ovat digitaalisen arviointivälineen kehittämiseen johtaneita syitä. Niilo Mäki Instituutissa tutkimusperustaisesti kehitetty DigiLukiseula tehostaa arviointia toisella asteella, jolloin opiskelijoiden tukemiseen jää enemmän aikaa. Digitaalisuus tuo myös uusia ulottuvuuksia arviointityöhön. DigiLukiseulan käsikirja on luettavissa osoitteessa digilukiseula.nmi.fi. peerReviewed