Cancellation test ability shows no relation, and possibly an inverse relation, to abilities shown in the other tests¶

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q2 i? Ability to do the cancellation test has no relation to the abilities shown in the other tests, and in some tests appears to show an inverse relation. → Pyle 1917

Evidence¶

Pyle 1917¶

Pyle, W. H. (1917). A Psychological Study of Bright and Dull Pupils. The Journal of Educational Psychology. https://psycnet.apa.org

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The author's interpretation of the comparison tables, in which the Kennett table shows the good group 12 per cent worse on the ink-blot-adjacent cancellation column. He reports the cancellation test "has no relation to the abilities shown in the other tests" and possibly an inverse relation.

"Ability to do the cancellation test has no relation to the abili- ties shown in the other tests. Several other recent experi- ments of the writer sustain this conclusion. In some tests it seems to show an inverse relation to the other tests."

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