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MENTAL MODEL · M10507

Calibration

Calibration
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Version 1.0.0 · Updated 2026-07-30

CORE DEFINITION

Calibration: making measurements or evaluations consistent with a standard. Meeting: evaluators discuss together to unify scoring standards. Scaffold role: guarantee of consistency. Ensure that evaluations by different evaluators or at different times are comparable.

SCAFFOLDING EFFECT

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Reduce cognitive load

Guarantee of consistency. Ensure that evaluations by different evaluators or at different times are comparable.

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Anchor fast decisions

Calibration is the process of aligning the output of an instrument or judgment system with the true value, and also refers to matching subjective probabilities with objective frequencies. When deviations are discovered and corrected, it is called calibration.

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