From what I have heard there is no difficulty slider in Skyrim, now there are just difficulty settings, easy, medium, hard, etc. Some of the forum goers have been to Eurogamer Expo and played Skyrim and have said that there are five difficulty settings; and I think I figured out what they are. Well this is my guess:
Novice - Very Easy
Apprentice - Easy
Acolyte - Average/Medium
Expert - Hard
Master - Very Hard
Well that is what I think the five difficulty settings are; if you think that I might be wrong or have any other comments, please do not hesitate to comment.