EDUFORM – A Tool for Creating Adaptive Questionnaires
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Miikka Miettinen, Petri Nokelainen, Helsinki Institute for Information Technology, Finland ; Jaakko Kurhila, University of Helsinki, Finland ; Tomi Silander, Helsinki Institute for Information Technology, Finland ; Henry Tirri, Nokia Research Center, Nokia Group, Finland
International Journal on E-Learning, in Norfolk, VA ISSN 1537-2456 Publisher: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE), Waynesville, NC USA
Abstract
Questionnaire data have many important uses, but is laborious for the subjects to provide. EDUFORM tries to alleviate this problem by enabling the creation of adaptive online questionnaires. The idea is to build a probabilistic model from previously gathered data, and employ it for predicting the profiles of new users on the basis of a subset of the questions in the original questionnaire. The questions presented to each individual are selected adaptively to minimize the number of answers needed. Empirical evaluations suggest that 85-90% profiling accuracy can be achieved, while the number of answers is reduced by 30-50%.
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Miettinen, M., Nokelainen, P., Kurhila, J., Silander, T. & Tirri, H. (2005). EDUFORM – A Tool for Creating Adaptive Questionnaires. International Journal on E-Learning, 4(3), 365-373. Norfolk, VA: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE). Retrieved March 28, 2024 from https://www.learntechlib.org/primary/p/5425/.
© 2005 Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE)
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