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Author(s) -
Jacobs Paul I.,
Vandeventer Mary
Publication year - 1968
Publication title -
ets research bulletin series
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2333-8504
pISSN - 0424-6144
DOI - 10.1002/j.2333-8504.1968.tb00905.x
Subject(s) - correctness , reliability (semiconductor) , degree (music) , test (biology) , a priori and a posteriori , computer science , psychology , facet (psychology) , subject (documents) , cognitive psychology , statistics , social psychology , mathematics , algorithm , epistemology , paleontology , power (physics) , philosophy , physics , quantum mechanics , personality , big five personality traits , library science , acoustics , biology
Under some circumstances the wrong responses a subject makes on a test may contain important information. In this study, the notion of facet design provided a systematic method for a priori ordering of the distractors on the Coloured Progressive Matrices test as to degree of correctness. A score based on type of distractor chosen was shown to have a moderate degree of test‐retest reliability, concurrent and predictive validity, and cross‐cultural applicability. The results suggest a re‐examination of Sigel's finding that type of error and total score were unrelated.