WISCO : psychoeducational diagnosis using an expert system

Author

Paula Andre Matuszek

Date of Award

8-1985

Degree Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Master of Science

Major

Computer Science

Major Professor

J. Robin B. Cockett

Committee Members

Doyt Perry, Maria Leech, Michael Thomason

Abstract

A major role of school psychologists Is classifying for special education children having difficulty in school. Computers have increasingly become a part of this process. The type of computer program known as an expert system offer particular promise for simulating this classification task.

A rule-based expert system called WISCO was developed in PROLOG to model this task. The system was tried on 16 cases and the resulting decisions compared to those of the author and two samples of school psychologists. The expert system matched 69% to 94% of the decisions. Thus psychoeducational diagnosis seems to be one field in which it is reasonable to use expert system technology.

Recommended Citation

Matuszek, Paula Andre, "WISCO : psychoeducational diagnosis using an expert system. " Master's Thesis, University of Tennessee, 1985.
https://trace.tennessee.edu/utk_gradthes/14073