The Chain Puzzle best distinguished the top and bottom quarters of the group among all twelve tests.¶

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Subclaims¶

q2 i? Of all twelve tests, the Chain Puzzle most effectively separated the first and last twenty-five subjects. → Chassell 1916

Evidence¶

Chassell 1916¶

Chassell, L. M. (1916). Tests for originality. Journal of Educational Psychology, 7(6), 317–328. https://doi.org/10.1037/h0070310

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Reliability analysis of the Chain Puzzle in the 100-student trial: thirty-one of the forty subjects who solved the puzzle were within the first half of the group. The article states "of all tests, this best determines the first and the last groups of twenty-five."

"Indeed, of all tests, this best determines the first and the last groups of twenty-five. The fact that the correlation with the final group rank is relatively high, notwithstanding the large number of ties, is another proof of its value."

Discussion¶

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