Battery of twelve tests for originality with self-recording time device

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Evidence · 7 claims (5 for, 2 mixed) · 1 study (1 associational), q2 · 0 of 1 report an effect size · 7 claims rest on one study

Description

A Chassell (1916) battery of twelve individually or group-administered tests for measuring and ranking originality in university students and adults, using oral and placard instructions and a self-recorded time device.

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Claims

• The three laboratory-devised production tests (Economic Prophecies, Sheet Music Invention, Novel Situations) tied in average merit among the most effective tests. [+W]
• A three-test subset (Analogues, Chain Puzzle, Economic Prophecies) differentiated the group nearly as well as the full twelve-test battery. [+W]
• An inventor of international reputation ranked within the first half but showed no exceptional originality on the tests. [~W]
• The Analogues test ranked first among the twelve originality tests in agreement with the group's amalgamated rank-order. [+W]
• The Chain Puzzle best distinguished the top and bottom quarters of the group among all twelve tests. [+W]
• The twelve tests differed in value as measures of originality, yet each appeared to test some phase of the trait. [+W]
• Word-Building showed the lowest agreement with the amalgamated rank-order, attributed to prior anagram experience. [~W]

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Key Sources

• 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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description	A Chassell (1916) battery of twelve individually or group-administered tests for measuring and ranking originality in university students and adults, using oral and placard instructions and a self-recorded time device.
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