Patent ID: 8755737
Filing Date: 2014-06-17
Classification: G09B

Abstract:
1. A method for determining and reacting to questionnaire response patterns, the method comprising: storing in memory electronic data comprising questions and answers to the questions, wherein the questions are associated with a common topic; storing in the memory a user profile comprising data identifying a user and data relating to the user's past performance in answering questions; storing in the memory data defining a threshold value, wherein the threshold value comprises at least one of: receiving at a processor questionnaire answer data, wherein the questionnaire answer data comprises user provided answers to the questions; determining with the processor a user associated with the questionnaire answer data; storing in the memory the questionnaire answer data in an electronic store; determining with the processor whether the questionnaire answers are correct or incorrect according to a boolean-valued function; storing in the memory a boolean value indicating a correct answer for correct user provided answers; storing in the memory a boolean value indicating an incorrect answer for incorrect user provided answers; performing a function on the boolean-value outcome to generate a response metric indicative of a scatter or randomness pattern of the questionnaire answer data; wherein generating the response metric indicative of the scatter or randomness pattern of the questionnaire answer data comprises: determining with the processor an educator for the user and the common topic associated with the questions, wherein the educator supervises the user; comparing with the processor the response metric indicative of the scatter or randomness of the questionnaire answer data with the data defining the threshold value; sending a message to an educator identifying the user, the topic, and that the threshold value has been reached; and storing in the memory data in the user profile identifying the topic and indicating that the threshold value has been reached.