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2.8.2 Reflection time

Course subject(s) Module 2. Calibration and Information score

Calibration and information score in the Classical Model

As mentioned in the previous question, within the Classical Model, the calibration score is valued more than the information score.

That is, it is appreciated that an expert expresses her/his uncertainty appropriately, rather than given very informative, yet very off, assessments. What is the value in experts’ assessments which are consistently underestimating or overestimating?

Reflect on the initial question of the module

This brings you to the place where you can reflect about the first question of this module.

What is the percentage of water in watermelon? 


“Watermelons” by Ahmad is licensed under CC BY-NC 2.0

For this, we consult two experts, A and B.  Each expert gives their 5%, 50% and 95% quantiles which can be seen in the table below.

Expert 5% 50% 95%
Expert A 80 90 94
Expert B 93 95 97
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