In:
Applied Psychological Measurement, SAGE Publications, Vol. 6, No. 1 ( 1982-01), p. 13-29
Abstract:
To bridge the gap between computerized testing and information-processing-based measurement, a battery of computerized information-processing-based ability and preference measures was developed. The information-processing and preference measures and a battery of paper-and-pencil tests were administered to 64 college students. Although the internal-consistency reliabilities of the computerized information-processing measures were adequate, test-retest reliabilities were lower than desirable for ability measures. The computerized information-processing measures possessed moderate convergent validity but had low correlations with traditional paper-and-pencil measures. Of the computerized preference measures, the most promising results were obtained with the Stimulus Pace measure. A major problem with the use of the computerized information-processing measures in applied settings would be administration time, as the battery took approximately 4 hours. In addition, problems with the stability of results over time and substantial practice effects suggest that even longer testing sessions would be required to obtain reliable measures. Although information-processing measures of short-term memory have, at best, low correlations with traditional intelligence tests, their ability to predict real-world tasks has yet to be sufficiently researched.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
0146-6216
,
1552-3497
DOI:
10.1177/014662168200600102
Language:
English
Publisher:
SAGE Publications
Publication Date:
1982
detail.hit.zdb_id:
224215-1
detail.hit.zdb_id:
2002941-X
SSG:
5,2
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