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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2024 Feb 21.
Published in final edited form as: Appl Meas Educ. 2023 Feb 21;36(1):80–98. doi: 10.1080/08957347.2023.2172017

Table 4.

Summary of Bayesian Analysis of Test Performance According to Self-Reported Confidence Levels (%)

Test # Q Avg score Most confident Partially confident Least confident Blunder

q 1 p 1 q 2 p 2 q 3 p 3 (1–p1)

A 40 71.5 47.8 (45.4, 50.1) 87.1 (84.7, 89.3) 37.6 (35.3, 39.9) 61.9 (58.1, 65.7) 14.7 (13.0, 16.4) 41.2 (35.2, 47.4) 12.9 (10.7, 15.3)
B 40 69.5 53.4 (51.3, 55.4) 83.7 (81.6, 85.7) 33.2 (31.3, 35.1) 54.7 (51.1, 58.1) 13.4 (12.0, 14.8) 37.2 (31.9, 42.6) 16.3 (14.3, 18.4)
C 35 66.2 45.1 (42.6, 47.7) 82.7 (79.8, 85.6) 33.3 (30.9, 35.7) 57.0 (52.5, 61.3) 21.6 (19.5, 23.7) 33.9 (28.6, 38.9) 17.3 (14.4, 20.2)
D 37 64.6 48.1 (45.6, 50.6) 79.2 (76.2, 82.1) 34.1 (31.7, 36.5) 55.8 (51.4, 0.6) 17.7 (15.7, 19.6) 36.8 (30.9, 42.6) 20.8 (17.9, 23.8)
E 20 74.0 46.7 (42.6, 50.7) 86.8 (82.6, 90.6) 35.0 (31.1, 38.9) 69.8 (63.4, 75.9) 18.4 (15.3, 21.6) 42.6 (33.4, 51.9) 13.2 (9.4, 17.4)
F 26 80.8 63.3 (59.7, 67.1) 88.4 (85.3, 91.4) 22.8 (19.6, 26.0) 52.2 (41.9, 62.2) 13.9 (11.3, 16.6) 52.2 (41.9, 62.2) 11.6 (8.6, 14.7)
G 20 72.2 48.0 (44.2, 51.9) 85.2 (81.3, 89.1) 30.2 (26.6, 33.7) 62.1 (55.3, 68.9) 21.8 (18.7, 25.0) 56.0 (47.8, 64.0) 14.8 (10.9, 18.7)
H 25 68.7 48.4 (43.7, 53.1) 82.2 (77.2, 87.5) 35.5 (31.1, 40.1) 59.5 (51.7, 67.2) 16.1 (12.6, 19.6) 37.2 (25.9, 48.1) 17.8 (12.5, 22.8)

Mean 30 70.9 50.1 84.4 32.7 59.1 17.2 42.1 15.6

Note. Test performance p was stratified by self-reported confidence data q for all eight tests according to Model (5). Posterior estimates of confidence levels q and their associated success rates p are given with 95% credible intervals (in gray).