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The 40-sample stereoscopic grading scale is highly reliable: sample grades correlate .98 with values from other judges, and individual placement correlates .92 with true scale placement

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q2 i3 Grades given to scale samples would correlate .98 with scale values derived from judgments of other equally competent judges, and an individual's placement of samples correlates .92 with true scale placement. → Kelley 1916

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Kelley 1916

Kelley, Truman Lee. (1916). A constructive ability test. The Journal of Educational Psychology, Vol. VII, No. 1. https://www.google.com/search?q=Kelley+1916+A+Constructive+Ability+Test+Journal+of+Educational+Psychology

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Psychometric evaluation of the merit scale built by the Thorndike handwriting-scale method from rankings by ten judges of structures built by normal and subnormal boys. The printed reliability correlations are r = .98 (quote) and r = .92, "the correlation between an individual's placement of a large number of samples and the true placement in the scale is .92"; practice with 40-50 samples halves the probable error of judgment.

"The grades given to the samples would correlate with other scale values, derived in a similar manner from the judgments of other equally competent judges to the extent of .98."

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title The 40-sample stereoscopic grading scale is highly reliable: sample grades correlate .98 with values from other judges, and individual placement correlates .92 with true scale placement
description The 40-sample stereoscopic grading scale is highly reliable: sample grades correlate .98 with values from other judges, and individual placement correlates .92 with true scale placement
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