Students hold cautious trust in the course-specific RAG system, expressing some level of trust but not treating it as an authoritative source and indicating they would verify important information¶
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q2 i? In the pilot evaluation, while the majority of participants expressed some level of trust, only a small proportion indicated complete confidence in the responses, positioning the system as a supplementary tool with verification of important information. → Andy Gray 2026
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Andy Gray 2026¶
Andy Gray, Jake Hobbs. (2026). Reducing Barriers to Academic Support: Evaluating a Course-Specific RAG System for Addressing Help-Seeking Disparities in Higher Education. arXiv. https://arxiv.org/abs/2609.21600 doi:10.48550/arxiv.2609.21600
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Pilot study questionnaire findings following the structured demonstration of Beacon. The article reports that "onlyasmallproportionindicated completeconfidenceintheresponses" and that many participants indicated they would still verify important information; no effect size is printed.
"Trustinthesystemwasmorecautious.Whilethemajorityofpartic ipantsexpressedsomeleveloftrust,onlyasmallproportionindicated completeconfidenceintheresponses.Thissuggeststhat,althoughthe systemisperceivedasuseful,studentsdonottreatitasanauthorita tivesource."
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Students hold cautious trust in the course-specific RAG system, expressing some level of trust but not treating it as an authoritative source and indicating they would verify important information |
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Students hold cautious trust in the course-specific RAG system, expressing some level of trust but not treating it as an authoritative source and indicating they would verify important information |
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2026-10-20 |
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