Tinker Calibration

by Samy (Kondasamy Jayaraman) · drawn with Colorfigures by April Zhu

hand over none: 0 to the help desk, 60 sent, 14 of them wrong (23%).

Chapter 6 of 7

When to hand over

Back at the support desk. Each answer can go straight to the customer, or to a person when the assistant is unsure.

This chapter: Where should the assistant hand an answer to a person?

About this chapter

You will learn

  • How a hand-over line trades coverage for accuracy
  • Why the line rests on the confidence’s order
  • How to set it from a limit on wrong answers

Words you’ll meet

Hand-over line
Answers stated below it go to a person instead of the customer. Also called abstaining.
Coverage
The share of questions the assistant answers itself.
Accuracy
Of the answers it sends, the share that are right.

Step 1 of 3

A sends every answer stated below it to a person. is the share the assistant still answers itself.

Predict first.

Hand every answer stated below 90% to a person. What happens to the accuracy of the answers still sent?