Incorporate measures of abilities and their accessory factors into a single group test¶

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Evidence · 3 claims (3 for) · 1 study (1 associational), q2 · 0 of 1 report an effect size · 3 claims rest on one study

Description¶

The authors recommend, as a forward-looking design idea, building one group test that measures mental abilities together with the factors accessory to them. They suggest a "shock-absorber" for the intelligence test based on the Downey tension idea, with material copied at normal and full speed scored by amount copied, and incorporating Rosanoff High Standard Frequency material into the information test, so that "it seems highly possible to incorporate within a single group test material to measure both mental abilities and the chief factors accessory to those abilities."

Design Implications¶

Context¶

Requirements¶

• Tension material scored in units of amount copied rather than units of time
• Frequency-test material incorporated into the information component

Constraints¶

• The proposal is speculative; the underlying directional correlations were low and the authors state such tests merely deserve investigation

Target Learners¶

• college students

Target Learning Goals¶

• predicting scholarship from combined measures of ability and accessory factors such as tension and assimilation

Claims¶

• Most students show small discrepancies between intelligence percentile and scholarship percentile, but a substantial minority show large ones [+W]
• Directional correlations between test scores and discrepancy direction are low but suggest tension tests track scholarship superiority and assimilation tests track intelligence superiority [+W]
• The Rosanoff High Standard Frequency Test, but not writing-speed measures, diverges sharply between high-discrepancy and control students [+W]

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Examples¶

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Key Sources¶

• Stone, Charles Leonard. (1924). Disparity Between Intelligence and Scholarship. The Journal of Educational Psychology. https://psycnet.apa.org