A graded hard-opposites list of twenty-five words was selected where accuracy of response was below 69%¶

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q3 i? Twenty-five hard stimulus words were selected as most difficult, each answered correctly by fewer than 69% of subjects, ordered by difficulty from deceitful (58%) to suave (20%). → Irving King and Hugo Gold 1911

Evidence¶

Irving King and Hugo Gold 1911¶

Irving King and Hugo Gold. (1911). A Tentative Standardization of Certain "Opposites Tests". University of Iowa. https://eric.ed.gov/?q=A+Tentative+Standardization+of+Certain+Opposites+Tests

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Normative results from the same 100 subjects show the hardest words with printed accuracy percentages: deceitful 58, ignorant 58, exciting 56, down to unless 22, pride 21, and suave 20. The words are given in their order of difficulty.

"The following list of twenty-five words was selected from the four lists of hard opposites as being the most difficult. In each case the accuracy of response was less than 69%."

Discussion¶

Related Claims¶

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