From: Individual differences in strategy use and performance during fault diagnosis
Strategy group | Study 1 | Study 2 | Study 3 | ||||||
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N tests | Time/test (s) | s/prob | N tests | Time/test (s) | s/prob | N tests | Time/test (s) | s/prob | |
Elimination | 1.6 (0.3) | 27.2 (12.0) | 69 (30) | 1.8 (0.4) | 35.9 (16.8) | 90 (23) | 1.6 (0.4) | 40.8 (23.9) | 81 (34) |
Transition | 2.6 (0.5) | 16.7 (5.5) | 63 (14) | 2.6 (0.8) | 21.8 (19.8) | 84 (27) | 2.8 (0.9) | 20.4 (14.6) | 78 (39) |
General backtracking | 5.5* (2.0) | 4.7* (2.3) | 70 (45) | 6.1* (1.6) | 6.7* (4.3) | 86 (36) | 6.0* (1.6) | 6.6* (4.1) | 80 (35) |
Stepwise backtracking | 4.9* (0.5) | 3.4* (2.5) | 42* (17) | 5.9* (0.7) | 4.3* (2.0) | 63* (17) | 5.8* (0.8) | 3.4* (1.8) | 48* (23) |
IBE | 1.9 (0.1) | 28.0 (6.2) | 64 (12) | 1.3 (0.3) | 38.5 (16.9) | 76 (16) | 1.3 (0.2) | 43.8 (16.4) | 66 (21) |