tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7248842914114563730.post53691428645279741..comments2024-02-13T04:25:24.605-08:00Comments on Question Science: A Monte Carlo approach to asking questionsJonpulestonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01704659196840533871noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7248842914114563730.post-56634196338017905192016-04-10T06:23:24.088-07:002016-04-10T06:23:24.088-07:00We have different capstone project topics that are...We have different <a href="http://www.capstoneprojectideas.com/" rel="nofollow">capstone project topics</a> that are very useful in some particular subject. This is what we believe to have more and more. <br />aliyaahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06184256288293330921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7248842914114563730.post-13786539113965786532014-02-26T04:24:10.183-08:002014-02-26T04:24:10.183-08:00Hmmm. Let's assume that there is a best way to...Hmmm. Let's assume that there is a best way to ask the question which you just do not know. Then you have two ways of going forward:<br />A: Randomly pick a question and only use that one. (The standard way.)<br />B: Randomly ask all types of questions. <br /><br />The expected value of both ways is the same. The difference is in the variance: If you happen to pick the best question, you get the optimal result, if you happen to pick the worst question, you get the worst result. B gives you an average result by definition.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7248842914114563730.post-60415536761191103302013-05-28T05:14:41.636-07:002013-05-28T05:14:41.636-07:00Hi Jon,
inspiring idea. The most obvious issue I ...Hi Jon,<br /><br />inspiring idea. The most obvious issue I see is that you will run into practical problems as soon as you start cross tabulating the results of one of your monte carlo basket question with other variables. So at least until your approach is common sense this approach would drive up the number of interviews needed. Either to convince your audience or to convince yourself. Properly both ;)<br /><br />To me this approach seems reasonable in cases where you want to measure a certain value as exactly as possible as you reduce the designer bias. For benchmark studies the current standard approach is still fine, if all benchmarked items suffer the same level of question-bias. So you would have to prove that e. g. persons who are more like the questionnaire designer tend to answer differently than persons of a different personality type<br /><br />HTH and looking forward where this idea leads!<br /><br />JanJanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12437689122315034735noreply@blogger.com