PrawnOfFate comments on New applied rationality workshops (April, May, and July) - Less Wrong

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Comment author: PrawnOfFate 15 April 2013 11:13:19PM 1 point [-]

A good test will include a few questions almost no-one can answer. That avoids the problem of having more than one 10/10 score.

Comment author: Kindly 16 April 2013 12:05:27AM 2 points [-]

More generally, a very good test will result in a uniform distribution of scores (rather than a bell curve), maximizing the information content of the score.