A Monte Carlo comparison of measures of relative and absolute monitoring accuracy

Educational and Psychological Measurement

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 258-271

  Nietfeld, John L ^a   Enders, Craig K ^b   Schraw, Gregory ^c  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Calibration; Metacognition; Monitoring accuracy; Monte Carlo

Indexed keywords

EID: 33644746350     PISSN: 00131644     EISSN: 15523888     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0013164404273945     Document Type: Article

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