We propose to calculate the competencies of all classifiers for a given validation example and use them to estimate their competencies over the entire decision space with the Gaussian potential function.
This could have over-estimated the competency level actually achieved.
It is also relatively easier to measure (or estimate) the competencies and skills of individuals, using indicators like education level, years of experience, and hours of training, than it is to measure organization-level capabilities and relationships.
For each participant, 10 plausible values were estimated for each competency domain (for details of the design and the IRT scaling process in PIAAC, see OECD 2013).
Reliability estimates for the competency construct "general professional job performance" indicated a resource efficient and reliable assessment for such a construct (6 assessments for an R > 0.80).
This was combined with a previously estimated population profile of persons across 26 patient attributes (i.e., type of diabetes, complications, and threats to self-care) to estimate clinician contact hours by competency required to deliver best-practice care in the study region.
To estimate an increase in EBM competencies we used the validated competence test.
This paper uses an experimental design to estimate preferences of employers for key competencies during the transition from initial education to the labor market.
Consistency of the item scores for the factors identified (competency domain constructs) was estimated by Cronbach's alpha.
Competency in CHO estimation was calculated using the mean of meal errors (MME), which indicates accuracy comparing the true and estimated CHO values (i.e., average of estimated minus true CHO contents in grams) of the selected DAFNE plates.
