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Ivie, Jennifer L.; Embretson, Susan E. – Intelligence, 2010
Spatial ability tasks appear on many intelligence and aptitude tests. Although the construct validity of spatial ability tests has often been studied through traditional correlational methods, such as factor analysis, less is known about the cognitive processes involved in solving test items. This study examines the cognitive processes involved in…
Descriptors: Spatial Ability, Cognitive Processes, Test Items, Construct Validity
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Yang, Xiangdong – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 2007
This article investigates several methods of identifying individual guessers from their response data. Both the posterior probability method and the likelihood ratio method are based on the two-state mixture modeling approach to response times. The accuracy method is based on response accuracy data. Results from the simulation study showed that…
Descriptors: Probability, Simulation, Test Items, Models
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Humphreys, Lloyd G. – Intelligence, 1990
The hypothesis that coping with novelty is a key aspect of intelligence is not supported by the data of Sternberg and Gastel. It is contended that these authors committed a common error by interpreting correlations involving difference scores without reference to the properties of the components of the difference. (SLD)
Descriptors: Coping, Correlation, Individual Differences, Intelligence