Difficulty orderings from the 990-response standardization correlate .895 with the earlier 100-subject King and Gold standardization¶
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q2 i3 The correlation between the eighty-word difficulty evaluations by King and Gold (one hundred responses) and by the present study (990 responses) is r = .895. → Harry A. Greene 1918
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Harry A. Greene 1918¶
Harry A. Greene. (1918). A Standardization of Certain Opposites Tests. The Journal of Educational Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1037/h0070589
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A reliability comparison analysis in which the present evaluation based on "990 individuals" was correlated with the earlier King and Gold evaluation. The article reports the printed effect size r = .895: "an "r" of .895 was found", which the writer treats as showing the larger-sample standardization is more reliable.
"A correlation was made between the list of eighty words as evaluated by King and Gold and by the present study. Using the Pearson method adapted to rank differences an "r" of .895 was found."
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Related Claims¶
- Wells' proposed equally-difficult easy list was not fully standardized, with sick, open, and glad producing non-uniform responses — related
- Response frequencies to stimulus words vary widely, with easy words answered correctly by most subjects and hard words such as suave missed by 96% — related
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Difficulty orderings from the 990-response standardization correlate .895 with the earlier 100-subject King and Gold standardization |
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Difficulty orderings from the 990-response standardization correlate .895 with the earlier 100-subject King and Gold standardization |
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