training evaluation

a review of personnel training programs to determine their effectiveness and efficiency. Training evaluations can focus on trainee attitudes and reactions to the training, trainee knowledge of the information disseminated in the program, or changes in the behavior of the trainee and resulting benefits to the group or organization. See training validity.

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October 9th 2024

method of absolute judgment

a psychophysical procedure in which stimuli are presented in random order to a participant, whose task is to place each stimulus in a particular category. The stimuli usually vary along one or two dimensions, such as brightness or loudness. Also called absolute-judgment method.