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Acronyms and Glossary

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Interservice Procedures for Instructional Systems Development :
Acronyms and Glossary (continued)
by Robert K. Branson, Gail T. Rayner and J. Lamarr Cox

GLOSSARY (continued...)

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QUALITY CONTROL: Process of measuring and evaluating in order to maintain course standards through adjustments in instructional materials or procedures.

QUALITY CONTROL DATA: Information which reflects the degree of success achieved by a system or operation.

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RANDOM SELECTION: Choosing people or objects at random rather than according to some systematic plan.

RANK ORDER: The assignment of ranks to students. This could refer to groups, such as the top 10%, or simply listing each student from highest to lowest. Rank ordering is appropriate when there is a need to select the fastest, the most accurate, or the best producer.

RATING ERRORS: Errors of standards, ratio, and logic.

RATING SCALE: A measurement device in which a student must choose a response from a range of choices arranged in a continuum from low to high or good to bad, etc.

REGULATIONS: Rules for appropriate conduct and behavior.

RELIABILITY: The consistency with which a test measures the amount of student achievement.

RESIDENT SCHOOLS: These schools are designed to meet service-wide training requirements.

RESPONSE BIAS: Tendency to favor a certain response over others.

REVISION PLAN: A detailed outline of the procedures to be taken to modify the structure or content of a course.

REWARD SEQUENCE: Scheduling the more pleasant activity to follow the less pleasant activity; can be used to provide a reward for completion.

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