Measuring the students' level of knowledge on the basis of other students' subjective opinions

Abstract

This paper develops a new methodology of measuring the students' level of knowledge on the basis of other students' subjective opinions. It is done a research into the correlation between the subjective and objective indicators of the educational process. One of the key issues behind controlling the state of social processes is the fact that it is difficult to measure them objectively. In this case it is much easier to obtain subjective indicators. It implies assessing the values we are interested in by people. If we manage to measure the objective indicators with an acceptable degree of accuracy on the basis of the subjective ones, it will be much easier to study sociodynamic phenomena and processes. The methodology includes building a neural network function. The method allows the teacher to evaluate the progress made by a group of learners in a less time-consuming way.