The Best Description of the Purpose of Think-Aloud Protocols Is

question 42

Multiple Choice

The best description of the purpose of think-aloud protocols is that they are used to determine

• A) what information a person is attending to while solving a problem.
• B) which people can be considered more creative in ability to solve problems.
• C) how to develop computer programs that best mimic human problem solving.
• D) how a person's expertise increases his or her likelihood of solving a problem, relative to a beginner.

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Definitions:

Cramér's V

A measure of association between two nominal variables, providing a value between 0 and 1.

Nonparametric Statistical Tests

Statistical tests that do not involve the estimation of population parameters or the assumption that scores for a variable are normally distributed in the larger population.

Chi-square Statistics

A statistical measure used to analyze the differences between categorical variables in a contingency table.

Degrees of Freedom

The amount of separate values or quantities that can be attributed to a statistical distribution.