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Frank Mager, in various books, including "Preparing Instructional Objectives", suggests working backward from evidence that would make you conclude that someone is, e.g. a Bayesian Master Rationalist, to the tests (and instructional objectives) for a course of instruction intended to turn someone into a Bayesian Master Rationalist (or whatever you want to turn them into).
After skimming some of his stuff on Amazon, I bought the whole "Mager Six-Pack" and am eagerly devouring it. I can already tell it''s going to make a huge difference in the way I teach mind-hacking.
One of the first ones I read, Goal Analysis, is particularly relevant to LW discussions: how to turn "fuzzies" (abstract qualities, adjectives, and adverbs) into concrete, measurable specifications of behavior. One minor catch: goal analysis can't make people magically agree on the True Meaning of a term, it can only expose the things they do or don't agree on...
...which probably makes it an incredibly valuable Rationality Tool in its own right.
Anyway, thanks for mentioning Mager's books -- I'd never heard of them before your comment.