Human Evaluation 101

End-of-lesson check

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1. What is the core idea behind "Human Evaluation 101"?

   1. Automatic metrics miss a lot. Humans catch what metrics cannot. Here is how to run a simple human eval.
   2. oral
   3. Bayes rule
   4. HumanEval

2. Which term best describes a foundational idea in "Human Evaluation 101"?

   1. rubric
   2. human evaluation
   3. inter-rater agreement
   4. Cohen's Kappa

3. A learner studying Human Evaluation 101 would need to understand which concept?

   1. human evaluation
   2. inter-rater agreement
   3. rubric
   4. Cohen's Kappa

4. Which of these is directly relevant to Human Evaluation 101?

   1. human evaluation
   2. rubric
   3. Cohen's Kappa
   4. inter-rater agreement

5. Which of the following is a key point about Human Evaluation 101?

   1. Write a clear rubric (what 'good' means)
   2. Collect 30-50 prompts representative of real use
   3. Generate responses from the models you want to compare
   4. Show pairs blindly; ask which is better and why

6. Which of these does NOT belong in a discussion of Human Evaluation 101?

   1. Collect 30-50 prompts representative of real use
   2. Write a clear rubric (what 'good' means)
   3. Generate responses from the models you want to compare
   4. oral

7. Which statement is accurate regarding Human Evaluation 101?

   1. Pay at least $15-20/hour — low pay corrupts results
   2. Warn about disturbing content before the session
   3. Amazon Mechanical Turk is cheap but quality varies; Prolific is more consistent
   4. Keep a feedback channel open — raters see bugs in your rubric

8. Which of these does NOT belong in a discussion of Human Evaluation 101?

   1. Pay at least $15-20/hour — low pay corrupts results
   2. Amazon Mechanical Turk is cheap but quality varies; Prolific is more consistent
   3. oral
   4. Warn about disturbing content before the session

9. What is the key insight about "Always blind" in the context of Human Evaluation 101?

   1. If raters know which model wrote which response, bias leaks in.
   2. oral
   3. Bayes rule
   4. HumanEval

10. What is the key insight about "Fatigue is real" in the context of Human Evaluation 101?

    1. oral
    2. Raters rarely maintain quality past 60-90 minutes. Pay well, chunk into short sessions, and include catch items to verif…
    3. Bayes rule
    4. HumanEval

11. What is the recommended tip about "Build your mental model" in the context of Human Evaluation 101?

    1. oral
    2. Bayes rule
    3. AI isn't magic — it's pattern recognition at scale. The more you understand how it works, the more effectively you can u…
    4. HumanEval

12. Which statement accurately describes an aspect of Human Evaluation 101?

    1. oral
    2. Bayes rule
    3. HumanEval
    4. For judging quality, creativity, and helpfulness, there is no substitute for human eyes.

13. What does working with Human Evaluation 101 typically involve?

    1. If your two raters disagree on half the items, your rubric is broken or your task is noisy.
    2. oral
    3. Bayes rule
    4. HumanEval

14. Which of the following is true about Human Evaluation 101?

    1. oral
    2. The big idea: human evaluation is the ultimate check. It is slow and expensive, so use it sparingly — but never ignore it.
    3. Bayes rule
    4. HumanEval

15. Which best describes the scope of "Human Evaluation 101"?

    1. It is unrelated to foundations workflows
    2. It applies only to the opposite beginner tier
    3. It focuses on Automatic metrics miss a lot. Humans catch what metrics cannot. Here is how to run a simple human ev
    4. It was deprecated in 2024 and no longer relevant