Discussion
non-CSA, HT
The current study was the first to examine the efficacy of Avatar Training on improving interview quality in the Chinese context. Consistent with previous findings [Hypothesis 1. HT was expected to improve interviewing quality (i.e. question types used), and consequently the quality of the information derived from the Avatars.Hypothesis 4. All three intervention groups were expected to perform better than the control group which received neither intervention (ie. no feedback on Feedback and no HT).Hypothesis 5. The total number of hypotheses formulated by the participants, the number of non-CSA hypotheses, and the ratio (more non-CSA compared to CSA hypotheses) were expected to predict both better question quality and quality of information derived from the Avatars (these analyses were limited to the HT conditions).Hypothesis 6. Improvement in interviewing quality was expected to mediate the impact of HT manipulation on interview quality variables (eliciting details).On the other hand, Hypothesis 2 (Feedback on Feedback (i.e. outcome and question types) was expected to improve interviewing quality, and consequently the quality of the information derived from the Avatars.) was supported. Hypothesis 3 (The combination of hypothesis-testing and feedback on Feedback was expected to result in more improvement in interview quality than the two interventions alone.) was partially supported. In the following sections, we briefly discuss the findings, their implications, and the limitations of the current research.