Easy opposites scores correlate with scholastic rank, faculty and graduates outscoring seniors and juniors¶

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Evidence · 1 study · associational r1 · q3
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q3 i? Median easy-list scores rose with scholastic rank (faculty 139, graduates 158, seniors 166, juniors 179), though the faculty median was slightly inferior to the graduate group. → 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

q3 · i? · associational · r1

Table III reports median scores and ranges for the 100 subjects by group on easy lists (faculty 9 cases, median 139; graduates 23, 158; seniors 47, 166; juniors 21, 179) and hard lists (faculty 679; graduates 668; seniors 786; juniors 843).

"In the case of the easy lists it will be noted that there is a definite correlation between scholastic ranks and ability in these tests. In these lists correlation is not so marked for the median standing of the faculty is slightly inferior to that of the graduate group."

Discussion¶

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