In the Burgess test about one quarter of total time is spent drawing, and paragraphs unequal in completion time reduce the test's validity¶
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q3 i? Individual timing of Burgess test paragraphs showed about one quarter of total time is spent drawing, and drawing time varies greatly across paragraphs (grade IV range 3.3 to 23.5 seconds), which the authors argue reduces the test's validity. → Arthur I. Gates 1921
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Arthur I. Gates 1921¶
Arthur I. Gates. (1921). An Experimental and Statistical Study of Reading and Reading Tests (Continued). The Journal of Educational Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1037/h0068367
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Individual timed examinations of grades III-V pupils on Burgess Form I, measuring reading and drawing time per paragraph with two stop watches (Table IX). The article reports drawing consumes about one quarter of total time and varies greatly, reducing validity unless drawing speed correlates highly with reading speed; no effect size is printed in this passage.
"A more serious matter is the fact that one quarter of the total time is spent in drawing, and that the time varies greatly from paragraph to paragraph. For example, the range is from 3.3 to 23.5" for grade IV with a mean of 7.5" and S.D. of 5.0"."
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In the Burgess test about one quarter of total time is spent drawing, and paragraphs unequal in completion time reduce the test's validity |
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In the Burgess test about one quarter of total time is spent drawing, and paragraphs unequal in completion time reduce the test's validity |
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