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Measurement characteristics of the finding embedded figures test
Author(s) -
Melancon Janet G.,
Thompson Bruce
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
psychology in the schools
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.738
H-Index - 75
eISSN - 1520-6807
pISSN - 0033-3085
DOI - 10.1002/1520-6807(198901)26:1<69::aid-pits2310260110>3.0.co;2-6
Subject(s) - psychology , test (biology) , reliability (semiconductor) , correlation , concurrent validity , test validity , statistics , short forms , measure (data warehouse) , psychometrics , clinical psychology , mathematics , computer science , data mining , internal consistency , geometry , quantum mechanics , paleontology , power (physics) , physics , biology
The study investigated the measurement characteristics of both forms of a multiple choice measure of field independence: the Finding Embedded Figures Test. Subjects ( n = 302) completed both forms of the FEFT or one form of the FEFT and the Group Embedded Figures Test. Item performance was evaluated by computing classical item difficulty and item‐by‐total‐score correlation coefficients; FEFT‐by‐GEFT concurrent validity correlation coefficients; and test‐retest and alpha reliability coefficients. Results suggest that the FEFT forms provide reasonably reliable and valid data.